Detecting cervical microstructure via ultrasound and optical microscopy

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 724-727

  Reusch, Lisa M ^a   Anderson, Janelle ^a   Carlson, Lindsey C ^a   Simmons, Heather A ^b   Retake, Carolyn ^b   Eliceiri, Kevin ^b   Feltovich, Helen ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED POWER; BEAM-STEERING; MICROSTRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; NOVEL METHODS;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONICS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 80054088104     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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