Analysis of microstructural alterations of normal and pathological breast tissue in vivo using the AR cepstrum

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Bige, Yan ^a   Hanfeng, Zuo ^a   Rong, Wang ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AR cepstrum; Breast tissue; Mean scatterer spacing; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PATHOLOGY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

AR CEPSTRUM; BREAST TISSUE; MEAN SCATTERER SPACING; POWER SPECTRUM;

TISSUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 32044458120     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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