Non-invasive staging of hepatic steatosis using computer-aided ultrasound diagnosis

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1987-1990

  Thijssen, Johan M ^a   Weijers, Gert ^a   Starke, Alexander ^b   Haudum, Alois ^b   Herzog, Kathrin ^b   Rehage, Jürgen ^b   De Korte, Chris L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAUS; Computer aided ultrasound diagnosis; Echography; fat content; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); residual attenuation coefficient

Indexed keywords

CAUS; COMPUTER AIDED ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD); RESIDUAL ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOPSY; GAIN CONTROL; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 67649312335     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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