Anisotropic microstructured poly(vinyl alcohol) tissue-mimicking phantoms

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1494-1496

  Dawson, Andrew ^a,b   Harris, Paul ^b   Gouws, Gideon ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MICROSTRUCTURES; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; FIBROUS TISSUE; FREEZE-CASTING; HUMAN MYOCARDIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ANISOTROPY; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TISSUE;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954787548     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1579     Document Type: Article

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