Algorithm for estimating the attenuation slope from backscattered ultrasonic signals

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Haak, Alexander ^a   Hafez, Zachary T ^a   Anderson, Janelle J ^c   Herd, Maria Teresa ^c   Nam, Kibo ^c   Madsen, Ernest L ^c   Bigelow, Timothy A ^b   Hall, Timothy J ^c   O'Brien Jr , William D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; AVERAGE RELATIVE ERROR; BACK-SCATTERED; BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; BACKSCATTERING STRENGTH; CENTER FREQUENCY; DEPTH OF FOCUS; DIFFRACTION CORRECTION; DOWN SHIFTS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; GLASS SPHERES; IN-VIVO; INSERTION LOSS MEASUREMENT; LATERAL SIZES; MATRIX; PENETRATION DEPTH; PLANAR SURFACE; PULSE/ECHO; REGIONS OF INTEREST; RELATIVE ERRORS; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; SLOPE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND PULSE;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77952790259     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5442006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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