Characterization of tissue microstructure using ultrasonic backscatter: Theory and technique for optimization using a Gaussian form factor

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1202-1211

  Oelze, Michael L ^a   Zachary, James F ^b   O'Brien Jr , William D ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

SCATTERERS;

TISSUE;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST TUMOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; TISSUE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0036714292     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1501278     Document Type: Article

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