Ultrasound tissue characterization of breast biopsy specimens: Expanded study

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-230

  Mortensen, C L ^a   Edmonds, P D ^a   Gorfu, Y ^a   Hill, J R ^a,c   Jensen, J F ^a   Schattner, P ^a   Shifrin, L A ^a   Valdes, A D ^a   Jeffrey, S S ^b   Esserman, L J ^b,d  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial neural network; Attenuation; backscatter; breast tissues; discriminant analysis; sound speed; ultrasound tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOPSY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; ULTRASONICS;

ANALYSIS OF MEASUREMENTS; ATTENUATION; BREAST TISSUES; SOUND SPEED; TISSUE CLASSIFICATION; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND SPEED; ULTRASOUND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 12644315049     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/uimg.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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