Three-dimensional high-frequency characterization of excised human lymph nodes

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 45-48

  Mamou, Jonathan ^a   Coron, Alain ^b,c   Hata, Masaki ^d   Machi, Junji ^d   Yanagihara, Eugene ^d   Laugier, Pascal ^b,c   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Lymph node; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSDUCERS;

FINE-RESOLUTION IMAGES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH-FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATION; LYMPH NODE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77952793778     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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