Quantification of sonographic echogenicity with grey-level histogram width: A clinical tissue characterization

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-234

  Maeda, Kazuo ^a   Utsu, Masaji ^a   Kihaile, Paul E ^a  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echogenicity; Grey level; Histogram width; Phantom; Placenta; Sonogram; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

GREY-LEVEL HISTOGRAM WIDTH (GLHW); PLACENTA; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLACENTA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032007126     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00266-4     Document Type: Article

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