Nakagami Markov random field as texture model for ultrasound RF envelope image

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-544

  Bouhlel, N ^a   Sevestre Ghalila, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Backscatter characteristics; Choroidal melanoma; Markov model; Nakagami distribution; RF envelope; Texture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER CHARACTERISTICS; CHOROIDAL MELANOMA; MARKOV MODEL; NAKAGAMI DISTRIBUTION; RF ENVELOPE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD MODEL; NAKAGAMI DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MELANOMA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIO WAVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 65649084130     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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