Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 230-236 , February 2009

Multigate Doppler Measurements of Ultrasonic Attenuation and Blood Hematocrit in Human Arteries

  • Wojciech Secomski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wojciech Secomski, Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, IPPT PAN, Swietokrzyska 21, 00-049 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Andrzej Nowicki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Piero Tortoli

      Affiliations

    • Electronics and Telecommunication Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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  • Robert Olszewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Military Medical Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Received 30 May 2008 ,Revised 4 August 2008 ,Accepted 13 August 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00381-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 230-236 , February 2009

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