A Quantitative Analysis of Sonographic Images of the Salivary Gland: A Comparison Between Sonographic and Sialographic Findings

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1257-1264

  Chikui, Toru ^a   Shimizu, Mayumi ^a   Kawazu, Toshiyuki ^a   Okamura, Kazutoshi ^a   Shiraishi, Tomoko ^b   Yoshiura, Kazunori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

fBM model analysis; Particle analysis; Sialography; Sj gren's syndrome; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; AVERAGE SIZE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTOUR LINE; ECHOGENIC; FBM MODEL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTIONAL BROWNIAN MOTION; HURST INDEX; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; MODEL ANALYSIS; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PAROTID GLANDS; PARTICLE ANALYSIS; PIXEL VALUES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SIALOGRAPHY; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC IMAGES; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTAL DIMENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SIALOGRAPHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PARTICLE SIZE; SIALOGRAPHY; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67650266272     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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