Proposal of a parametric imaging method for quantitative diagnosis of liver fibrosis

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Yamaguchi, Tadashi ^a   Hachiya, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver fibrosis; Probability density function; Scatterer density; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FIBER; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CYST; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER VEIN; MALE; PARAMETRIC TEST; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 78249283822     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-010-0270-y     Document Type: Article

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