A parametric imaging approach for the segmentation of ultrasound data

Ultrasonics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 789-801

  Davignon, F ^a   Deprez, J F ^a   Basset, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Parametric imaging; Tissue characterisation; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL THEORY; TISSUE;

MEAN CENTRAL FREQUENCY (MCF); NAKAGAMI DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETRIC IMAGING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644522057     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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