Attenuation and Absorption

Physical Principles of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 93-166

  Bamber, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation and absorption coefficients; Biological media absorption of ultrasonic longitudinal waves; Coupling processes; Maxwell model; Sound wave propagation; Thermal damping; Thermal relaxation effects; Ultrasonic attenuation in solids; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ULTRASONICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; COUPLING PROCESS; MAXWELL MODELS; THERMAL DAMPING; THERMAL RELAXATION; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASONIC LONGITUDINAL WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84958125087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470093978.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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