A narrowband pulse-echo technique for in vivo ultrasonic attenuation estimation

J Ophir, RE McWhirt, NF Maklad… - IEEE transactions on …, 1985 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The principles of a narrowband technique for pulse echo attenuation measurements are
presented. Experiments are described which compare the attenuation in tissue-mimicking …

Positron emission tomography (PET)

MM Ter-Pogossian - Diagnostic Imaging in Medicine, 1983 - Springer
Among emerging medical diagnostic imaging modalities, positron emission tomography,
often abbreviated to its acronym" PET", belongs in the category of nuclear medicine. Indeed …

Experimental assessment of phase aberration correction for breast MRgFUS therapy

CR Dillon, A Farrer, H McLean, S Almquist… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This study validates that phase aberrations in breast magnetic resonance-guided
focussed ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapies can be corrected in a clinically relevant time frame …

A new approach towards ultrasonic transmission tomography with a standard ultrasound system

M Ashfaq, H Ermert - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2004, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The capability of ultrasound transmission tomography to reconstruct acoustic parameters of
proven histological relevance like acoustic speed and attenuation has been established …

Frequency-dependent attenuation effects in pulsed Doppler ultrasound: Experimental results

SK Holland, SC Orphanoudakis… - IEEE transactions on …, 1984 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The quantitative capability of pulsed Doppler ultrasound in clinical practice is limited by the
effects of frequency-dependent attenuation of ultrasound in tissue, as well as several other …

Method for measuring characteristics of living tissue by ultrasonic waves

H Miwa - US Patent App. 07/044,066, 1991 - Google Patents
Ultrasonic waves of at least three independent frequency bands having different center
frequencies are transmitted into a living body from its skin surface and reflected waves are …

On the validity of the linear approximation in the parametric measurement of attenuation in tissues

PA Narayana, J Ophir - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 1983 - Elsevier
A known method for the determination of the attenuation coefficient of tissues involves the
measurement of the center frequency downshift of Gaussian spectra. The tissue is generally …

Sodium alginate ultrasound phantom for medical education

M Aoyagi - Ultrasonic Imaging, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The ultrasound phantoms used to educate medical students should not only closely mimic
the ultrasound characteristics of human soft tissues but also be inexpensive and easy to …

Multipath artifact corrections in ultrasonic transmission tomography

CR Crawford, AC Kak - Ultrasonic Imaging, 1982 - Elsevier
This paper deals with computed imaging techniques for ultrasonic transmission tomography.
Cross-sectional images of the refractive index in soft biological tissues can be obtained by …

Ultrasound phantom using sodium alginate as a gelling agent

M Aoyagi, T Hiraguri - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
For medical workers, ultrasound phantoms for human soft tissue are used not only for
accuracy management of ultrasound diagnosis but also to aid ultrasound‐guided needle …