Quantitative estimation method for liver fibrosis based on combination of Rayleigh distributions

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 7 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Igarashi, Yu ^a   Ezuka, Hiroshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Tadashi ^b   Hachiya, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; ANALYSIS METHOD; B-MODE IMAGES; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL IMAGES; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASED TISSUES; ECHO COMPONENTS; ECHO SIGNALS; ESTIMATION METHODS; FIBROUS TISSUE; HEPATIC DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRASOUND ECHO;

DIAGNOSIS; ESTIMATION; LIVER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77956609901     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.49.07HF06     Document Type: Article

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