The Speed of Sound and Attenuation of an IEC Agar-Based Tissue-Mimicking Material for High Frequency Ultrasound Applications

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1262-1270

  Sun, Chao ^a   Pye, Stephen D ^b   Browne, Jacinta E ^c   Janeczko, Anna ^b   Ellis, Bill ^b   Butler, Mairead B ^a   Sboros, Vassilis ^a   Thomson, Adrian J W ^a   Brewin, Mark P ^d   Earnshaw, Charles H ^e   Moran, Carmel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Frequency dependence; High frequency; Speed of sound; Tissue mimicking material; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BROADBAND REFLECTION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROMECHANICAL COMMISSIONS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MEASURED SPEED; POLYNOMIAL EQUATION; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS; TISSUE-MIMICKING MATERIALS; ULTRASOUND FREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALGAE; POLYNOMIALS; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BROADBAND REFLECTION SUBSTITUTION TECHNIQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROMECHANICAL COMMISSION AGAR BASED TISSUE MIMICKING MATERIAL; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VELOCITY;

AGAR; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861854612     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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