Differentiation of cancerous lesions in excised human breast specimens using multiband attenuation profiles from ultrasonic transmission tomography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-451

  Jeong, Jeong Won ^a   Shin, Dae C ^a   Do, Syn Ho ^c   Blanco, Cesar ^a   Klipfel, Nancy E ^b   Holmes, Dennis R ^b   Hovanessian Larsen, Linda J ^b   Marmarelis, Vasilis Z ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancers; Frequency dependent attenuation; Mastectomy specimens; Multiband profile; Soft tissue differentiation; Ultrasonic transmission tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; TISSUE CULTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

BREAST CANCERS; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (HUTT); MASTECTOMY SPECIMENS;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 41149181424     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.3.435     Document Type: Article

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