Statistical framework for ultrasonic spectral parameter imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1371-1382

  Lizzi, Frederic L ^a   Astor, Michael ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a   Shao, Mary ^b   Kalisz, Andrew ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated backscatter; Liver ultrasonography; Prostate ultrasonography; Ultrasonic parameter images; Ultrasonic spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROMETRY;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0030667010     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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