Tissue Characterization Based on Scatterer Number Density Estimation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 749-757

  Sleefe, Gerard E ^a   Lele, Padmakar P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS--TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC WAVES--SCATTERING;

BACKSCATTER STATISTICS; BIOMEDICAL ACOUSTICS; NONINVASIVE CLINICAL TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; SCATTERER NUMBER DENSITY ESTIMATION; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER PROCESSES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0024112382     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.9332     Document Type: Article

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