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M J Cloostermans, J M Thijssen.
Abstract
A practical and highly accurate method of estimation of the frequency-dependent slope of the acoustic attenuation coefficient, alpha 1, using backscattered ultrasound energy is presented. The influence of the focused ultrasound beam is experimentally measured and a simple method for incorporating the field effects in the estimate of alpha 1 is described. The accuracy of the estimate of alpha 1 in vitro which appears to be of the order of 10 percent, demonstrates the feasibility of in vivo applications of the technique.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6683892 DOI: 10.1177/016173468300500203
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ultrason Imaging ISSN: 0161-7346 Impact factor: 1.578