Relationship of 2-D ultrasonic spectral parameters to the physical properties of soft tissue scatterers

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 231-241

  Liu, Tian ^a   Lizzi, Frederic L ^b   Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^b   Lee, Paul ^b   Kalisz, Andrew ^b   Silverman, Ronald H ^c   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D spectrum analysis; Spectral parameter; Ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

2-D SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE SCATTERERS; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; ULTRASONIC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

TISSUE;

EID: 12144283978     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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