Ultrasonic spectrum analysis for tissue evaluation

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 637-658

  Lizzi, Frederic L ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a   Kaisar Alam, S ^a   Deng, Cheri X ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocular ultrasonography; Prostate ultrasonography; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic parameter images; Ultrasonic spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLASSIFIERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

STATISTICAL CLASSIFIERS;

TISSUE;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0037290172     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(02)00172-1     Document Type: Article

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