Texture analysis with a new method in which the region of interest is segmented into multiple layers for radiofrequency amplitude histogram analysis of fibrous rat livers

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Fujii, Yasutomo ^a   Taniguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Takano, Ryuichi ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Shigeta, Kouichiro ^a   Omoto, Kiyoka ^a   Ono, Tomoko ^a   Satoh, Izumi ^a   Itoh, Kouichi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrous liver; Histogram; Radiofrequency signal; Rat; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HISTOGRAM; INTERFEROMETER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSDUCER; WAVEFORM;

EID: 21144442822     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-003-0004-5     Document Type: Article

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