Methodology for Clinical Investigation

Physical Principles of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 255-302

  Hill, C R ^a   Bamber, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic attenuation of tissue; C scan plane; Conventional pulse echo imaging system; Electro acoustic transducer; Image transfer function; Investigative ultrasound; Principle of the B scan; Pulse echo principle; Ultrasonology and image parameterisation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; B-SCANS; IMAGE TRANSFER FUNCTION; PULSE ECHOES; SCAN-PLANES;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84958113465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470093978.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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