Modeling of ultrasound backscattering by aggregating red blood cells

Quantitative Ultrasound in Soft Tissues

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 117-146

  Franceschini, Emilie ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscatter coefficient; Blood; Cellular imaging; Effective medium theory; Red blood cell aggregation; Structure factor; Tissue attenuation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; AGGREGATES; CELLS; SEISMIC WAVES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; CELLULAR IMAGING; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; RED BLOOD CELL AGGREGATION; STRUCTURE FACTORS; TISSUE ATTENUATION;

BLOOD;

EID: 84938210656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6952-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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