Interlaboratory comparison of backscatter coefficient estimates for tissue-mimicking phantoms

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-64

  Anderson, Janelle J ^a   Herd, Maria Teresa ^a   King, Michael R ^b   Haak, Alexander ^b   Hafez, Zachary T ^b   Song, Jun ^b   Oelze, Michael L ^b   Madsen, Ernest L ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a   O'Brien, William D ^b   Hall, Timothy J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Interlaboratory comparison; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FORECASTING; PHANTOMS;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; PLANAR REFLECTORS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER; ULTRASOUND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE;

GELATIN; GLASS; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; MILK; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELATIN; GLASS; MILK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 77955015301     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173461003200104     Document Type: Article

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