Investigation of the effect of subcutaneous fat on image quality performance of 2D conventional imaging and tissue harmonic imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 957-964

  Browne, Jacinta E ^a,c   Watson, Amanda J ^a   Hoskins, Peter R ^b   Elliott, Alex T ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anechoic target detection; Computerized image analysis program; Contrast resolution performance; Fat mimicking layer; Quality control; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; OILS AND FATS; TISSUE;

ANECHOIC TARGET DETECTION; BEAM DISTORTION; CONTRAST RESOLUTION; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING (THI);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FISH OIL; LARD; OLIVE OIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 20444483142     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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