Ultrasonic characterization of porcine liver tissue at frequency between 25 to 55 MHz

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2276-2279

  Liu, Xiao Zhou ^a   Gong, Xiu Fen ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Ye, Shi Gong ^a   Rui, Bing ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Meat Processing Plant   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic parameter; Hepatocirrhosis; High frequency imaging; Porcine liver tissue; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 33646234694     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i14.2276     Document Type: Article

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