Hepatic perfusion imaging using factor analysis of contrast enhanced ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1449-1457

  Lueck, G J ^a   Kim, T K ^b   Burns, P N ^a   Martel, A L ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hepatic perfusion index; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER; SEPARATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC PERFUSION INDEX; MICROBUBBLES; PERFUSION IMAGING; PORTAL VEINS; PRIMARY LIVER CANCER; REGION -OF-INTEREST; ULTRASOUND; VASCULATURE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUTREN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FLUOROCARBONS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 52649112757     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.922695     Document Type: Article

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