Ultrasonic backscattering in tissue: characterization through Nakagami-generalized inverse Gaussian distribution

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-172

  Agrawal, Rajeev ^a,b   Karmeshu, ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kumaon Engineering College Dwarahat   (India)

Author keywords

Generalized inverse Gaussian; Inverse Gaussian; K distribution; Lognormal; Medical imaging; Nakagami; Rayleigh; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAYLEIGH FADING; ULTRASONICS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE GAUSSIAN; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33845513535     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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