Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 276-287 , February 2010

Decomposition of Two-Component Ultrasound Pulses in Cancellous Bone Using Modified Least Squares Prony Method – Phantom Experiment and Simulation

  • Keith A. Wear

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Keith A. Wear, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Bldg. 62, Room 3108, 10903 New Hampshire Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20993 USA.

Received 26 February 2009 ,Revised 27 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.06.1092

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 276-287 , February 2010

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