Usefulness of standard deviation on the histogram of ultrasound as a quantitative value for hepatic parenchymal echo texture; preliminary study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1817-1826

  Lee, Chang Hee ^a   Choi, Jae Woong ^a   Kim, Kyeong Ah ^a   Seo, Tae Seok ^a   Lee, Jong Mee ^a   Park, Cheol Min ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Echogenicity; Liver; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE (CLD); ECHOGENICITY; HEPATIC PARENCHYMAL ECHO; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BILE DUCT; BLOOD VESSEL; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33845300826     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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