Attenuation, scattering, and absorption of ultrasound in the skull bone

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Pinton, Gianmarco ^a   Aubry, Jean Francois ^a   Bossy, Emmanuel ^a   Muller, Marie ^a   Pernot, Mathieu ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

absorption; attenuation; bone; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL HETERODYNING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ABSORPTION OF ULTRASOUND; ATTENUATION; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

BONE;

EID: 84855437389     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3668316     Document Type: Article

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