Measurement of the Ultrasound Attenuation and Dispersion in Whole Human Blood and its Components From 0-70 MHz

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Treeby, Bradley E ^a   Zhang, Edward Z ^a   Thomas, Alison S ^b   Cox, Ben T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption mechanisms; Human blood; Relaxation absorption; Ultrasound attenuation; Viscous relative motion

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; HUMAN BLOODS; RELATIVE MOTION; RELAXATION ABSORPTION; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION;

ABSORPTION; CELLS; DISPERSIONS; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD;

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 78751633262     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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