Depth variation bias and interaction with gain setting in ultrasonic tissue characterization by integrated backscatter analysis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-60

  Chinali, Marcello ^b   Romano, Carmela ^b   Rocco, Alessandra ^b   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b   Betocchi, Sandro ^a   De Simone, Giovanni ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Federico II University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MODEL; PHANTOM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERICARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037264467     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.27     Document Type: Article

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