Frequency analysis of echo texture in tendon

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 959-968

  Tuthill, Theresa A ^a   Rubin, Jonathan M ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Jamadar, David A ^a   Bude, Ronald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Echo texture; Spectrum analysis; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TENDONS; TISSUE;

ECHO TEXTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TENDON ABNORMALITIES; TISSUE ELLIPTICAL AXIS RATIO;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TENDON; TENDON RUPTURE; XANTHOMA;

ACHILLES TENDON; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032811251     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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