Ultrasonic Scattering in Biological Tissues contains 14 chapters written by world-renowned
authorities who describe current work related to theoretical and experimental aspects of …

Ultrasonic B‐mode images are formed from echoes backscattered from tissue structures in
the body. Quantitative analysis of this signal from tissues may provide additional information …

Scattering of ultrasound by biological tissues (continuous-inhomogeneous media) is
discussed. An analytical expression for the attenuation due to scattering (α SC T) and …

Interest in quantitative ultrasound scattering measurements in biological tissues stems from
the belief that only a fraction of the total information available in the echo signal is visible in …

The dearth of information on the physical processes involved in the propagation of
ultrasound in tissue and the growing need for such information are discussed. The physical …

Characterization of tissue microstructure through ultrasonic backscatter is hypothesized to
aid in detection and classification of diseased tissues. Radio frequency signals …

Two ultrasonic scattering models for human tissue are suggested, one in which the
homogeneities are discrete and the other an inhomogeneous continuum. After discussing …

Ultrasonic scattering is related to tissue architecture by a model which expresses the
scattered wave pressure as the product of a frequency-dependent factor and the three …

The backscattered ultrasonic echo from tissue can be described in terms of Rayleigh
distribution or K distribution. Even though both generalized K distribution and homodyned K …

The propagation of ultrasound pulses in inhomogeneous media is described, and it is
shown that they are scattered by fluctuations in density and compressibility. It is proposed …