Quantitative ultrasound for evaluating human cervical microstructure

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2252-2255

  Reusch, Lisa M ^a   Nam, Kibo ^a   Anderson, Janelle J ^a   Feltovich, Helen ^a,b   Kliewer, Mark A ^c   Harter, Josephine M ^c   Hall, Timothy J ^a  

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

^b Allina Hospital and Clinics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHANTOMS; POWER SPECTRUM; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; EFFECTIVE APERTURE; MONITORING CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77952838305     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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