Parametric imaging for characterizing focal liver lesions in contrast-enhanced ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2503-2511

  Rognin, Nicolas G ^a   Arditi, Marcel ^a   Mercier, Laurent ^a   A Frinking, Peter J A ^a   Schneider, Michel ^a   Perrenoud, Geneviéve ^b   Anaye, Anass ^b   Meuwly, Jean Yves ^b   Tranquart, François ^a  

^a Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIGN LESION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; DYNAMIC VASCULAR PATTERNS; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; IMAGE MOTION CORRECTION; LIVER DISEASE; LOCAL CONTRAST; MALIGNANT LESION; MEDICAL LITERATURES; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIC IMAGE; PARAMETRIC IMAGING; POWER SIGNALS; PRE-PROCESSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL MODELING; SINGLE IMAGES; TIME SEQUENCES; VIDEO DATA;

CURVE FITTING; DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; PIXELS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VASCULARIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROBUBBLES; MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 78149274559     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1716     Document Type: Article

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