Ultrasonic tissue characterization via 2-D spectrum analysis: Theory and in vitro measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1037-1046

  Liu, Tian ^a   Lizzi, Frederic L ^b   Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^b   Silverman, Ronald H ^b,c   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D power spectrum; Spectral parameter; Tissue model; Ultrasonic tissue characterization (UTC)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

2-D SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; THEORETICAL MODELING; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TISSUE MODELING; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER; ULTRASONIC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33847662831     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2436978     Document Type: Article

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