Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1504-1512 , September 2008

Anisotropy of High-Frequency Integrated Backscatter from Aortic Valve Cusps

  • Zamir Khan

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Derek R. Boughner

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • James C. Lacefield

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: James Lacefield, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, 279 Thompson Engineering Building, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada

Received 15 October 2007 ,Revised 17 January 2008 ,Accepted 4 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.001

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1504-1512 , September 2008

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