Comparisons of the Rayleigh and K-distribution models using in vivo breast and liver tissue

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-100

  Molthen, R C ^a   Shankar, P M ^a,b   Reid, J M ^a   Forsberg, F ^c   Halpern, E J ^c   Piccoli, C W ^c   Goldberg, B B ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

distribution; NonRayleigh statistics; Tissue characterization; Ultrasonic scattering

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

K-DISTRIBUTION; NON-RAYLEIGH STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC ECHOES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0031962675     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00204-4     Document Type: Article

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