On the statistics of ultrasonic spectral parameters

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1671-1685

  Lizzi, Frederic L ^a   Alam, S Kaisar ^a   Mikaelian, Samuel ^a   Lee, Paul ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decibel (dB); Histogram; Lateral averaging; Log compression; Power spectrum; Probability density function (PDF); Regression; Sonography; Spectral parameters; Spectrum analysis; Statistics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TISSUE;

DECIBEL (DB); HISTOGRAMS; LATERAL AVERAGING; LOG COMPRESSION; POWER SPECTRA; SONOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750842948     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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