Hybrid Spectral Domain Method for Attenuation Slope Estimation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1808-1819

  Kim, Hyungsuk ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Attenuation coefficient; Parametric imaging; Power spectrum; Spectral difference; Spectral shift; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; PARAMETRIC IMAGING; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HYBRID SENSORS; POWER SPECTRUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFRACTION; HYBRID COMPUTER; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 54049123217     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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