High frequency ultrasound imaging and characterization of biofilms

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1395-1398

  Vaidya, Kunal ^a   Hatfield, Karla ^b   Helguera, María ^a   Pichichero, Michael ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Characterization; High Frequency Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BIO-FILM THICKNESS; CENTER FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING; IMAGE PROPERTIES; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; OTITIS MEDIA; PULSE ECHO ULTRASOUND; SILASTIC; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THERAPEUTIC TOOLS;

BACKSCATTERING; CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 84869007061     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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