Feasibility study of using high-frequency ultrasonic Nakagami imaging for characterizing the cataract lens in vitro

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6413-6425

  Tsui, Po Hsiang ^a   Huang, Chih Chung ^b,c   Chang, Chien Cheng ^a,d   Wang, Shyh Hau ^c   Shung, K Kirk ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMULSIFICATION; LENSES;

CATARACT LENS; CRYSTALLINE LENS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION ENERGY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 36048932473     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/21/005     Document Type: Article

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