Quantitative analysis of noise influence on the detection of scatterer concentration by Nakagami parameter

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Tsui, Po Hsiang ^a,b   Wang, Shyh Hau ^b   Huang, Chih Chung ^b   Chiu, Chun Yi ^b  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nakagami parameter; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; White noise

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; NAKAGAMI PARAMETER; NOISE INTERFERENCE; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTERING SIGNALS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 23744466463     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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