Appropriate mechanical function of the uterine cervix is critical for maintaining a pregnancy
to term so that the fetus can develop fully. At the end of pregnancy, however, the cervix must …

Ultrasound is now a clinically accepted modality in the management of osteoporosis. The
most common commercial clinical devices assess fracture risk from measurements of …

Purpose: Measured values of ultrasound attenuation in bone represent a combination of
different loss mechanisms. As a wave is transmitted from a fluid into bone, reflections occur …

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

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 assessment of myocardial fiber disarray is of major interest for the study of the
progression of myocardial disease. However, time-resolved imaging of the myocardial …

This only and up-to-date monograph on this versatile method covers its use in a range of
applications spanning the fields of physics, materials science, electrical engineering …

Acoustical and histological properties of dog kidney parenchyma are examined in vitro to
determine sources of acoustic scattering in the normal kidney. The speed of sound …

This paper reviews theory, measurements, and computer simulations of scattering from
cancellous bone reported by many laboratories. Three theoretical models (binary mixture …

Key points Achilles tendinosis is a localized degenerative musculoskeletal disorder that
develops over a long period of time and leads to a compliant human Achilles tendon. We …