Quantitative ultrasound assessment of breast cancer using a multiparameter approach

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 981-984

  Oelze, Michael L ^a   O'Brien Jr , William D ^a   Zachary, James F ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Envelope statstics; Quantitative ultrasound; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSIS; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWER SPECTRUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

BACKSCATTER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST CANCERS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL SCATTERING; DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL; EARLY DETECTION; ENVELOPE STATISTICS; ENVELOPE STATSTICS; ESTIMATED PARAMETERS; FEATURE ANALYSIS; FEATURE SETS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; K DISTRIBUTIONS; MAMMARY TUMORS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MULTI PARAMETERS; NEW MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURING; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT; RODENT MODELS; S PARAMETERS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

TUMORS;

EID: 48149112285     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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