Computer-aided B-mode ultrasound diagnosis of hepatic steatosis: A feasibility study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1343-1354

  Thijssen, Johan ^a,b   Starke, Alexander ^c   Weijers, Gert ^b   Haudum, Alois ^c   Herzog, Kathrin ^c   Wohlsein, Peter ^c   Rehage, Jurgen ^c   De Korte, Chris ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOPSY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DAIRIES; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; GOLD; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKIN; SKIN EFFECT; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; SPECKLE; STANDARDS; SURGERY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL MODELS; ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; ATTENUATION EFFECTS; BEAM FORMATION; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY COWS; DECIBELS (DB); ECHO LEVELS; ECHO TEXTURE; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGING; FAT CONCENTRATIONS; FAT CONTENTS; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GOLD STANDARDS; HEPATIC STEATOSIS; IMAGE GRAYING; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TISSUES; LOOK UP TABLE (LUT); NON INVASIVE DETECTION; PILOT STUDIES; POST-PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REGIONS OF INTEREST (ROI); SKIN LAYER THICKNESS; SPECKLE SIZE; STEATOSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS; ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS;

LIVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 44949214688     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.797     Document Type: Article

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