Ultrasonic parametric imaging of erythrocyte aggregation using the structure factor size estimator

Biorheology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-363

  Yu, François T H ^a   Franceschini, Émilie ^a   Chayer, Boris ^a   Armstrong, Jonathan K ^b   Meiselman, Herbert J ^b   Cloutier, Guy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pavilion JA de Séve ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Born approximation; Hemorheology; Local viscosity; Non Rayleigh scattering; Packing factor; Ultrasound backscattering coefficient; Ultrasound tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; IMAGING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURE FACTOR SIZE ESTIMATOR; TUBE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SWINE; ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 70349123741     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-2009-0546     Document Type: Article

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