Quantitative tests of a three-dimensional gray scale texture model

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 252-263

  Zagzebski, J A ^a   Madsen, E L ^a   Goodsitt, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode imaging; image speckle; image texture; lesion detection; mathematical models; quantitative imaging; tissue phantoms

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0022396552     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468500700305     Document Type: Article

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