Effects of region-of-interest length on of myocardial ultrasonic attenuation and backscatter

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 418-426

  Baldwin, Steven L ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a   Sosnovik, David E ^b   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Attenuation; Backscatter; Echocardiography; Myocardium; ROC analysis; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound; Video signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; MYOCARDIUM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; ROC ANALYSIS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THE REGION OF INTEREST (ROI); TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE;

ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 14644411697     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1852793     Document Type: Article

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