Ex vivo ultrasound attenuation coefficient for human cervical and uterine tissue from 5 to 10 MHz

Ultrasonics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-471

  Kiss, Miklos Z ^a,b   Varghese, Tomy ^b   Kliewer, M A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Cervix; Ultrasound; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION ESTIMATION; CERVIX; FREQUENCY RANGES; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; UTERUS;

TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78751647561     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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