Optimal precision in ultrasound attenuation estimation and application to the detection of duchenne muscular dystrophy carriers

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 1-17

  Berger, G ^a   Laugier, P ^a   Fink, M ^a,b   Perrin, J ^a  

^a Lab Biophysique UA CNRS 593 CHU Cochin 24 ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation; carriers; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; muscle; ultrasound; variance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; STATISTICS;

BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023261383     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468700900101     Document Type: Article

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