A new method for attenuation coefficient measurement in the liver: Comparison with the spectral shift central frequency method

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 783-788

  Fujii, Yasutomo ^a   Taniguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Itoh, Kouichi ^a   Shigeta, Kouichiro ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Tsao, Jing Wen ^a   Kumasaki, Kenji ^a   Itoh, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Cirrhotic liver; Fatty liver; Tissue characterization; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; INFILTRATION;

CIRRHOTIC LIVERS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PHANTOM; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

EID: 0036308168     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.7.783     Document Type: Article

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