Quantitative assessments of burn degree by high-frequency ultrasonic backscattering and statistical model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 757-773

  Lin, Yi Hsun ^a   Huang, Chih Chung ^b   Wang, Shyh Hau ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; BRASS PLATE; BURN INJURY; COLLAGEN FIBER; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; NAKAGAMI; NAKAGAMI PARAMETER; NORMAL SKIN; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RATE OF CHANGE; SKIN TISSUE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTERING; ULTRASONIC PARAMETERS; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM;

BACKSCATTERING; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BURN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BURNS; FEMALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551718356     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/3/014     Document Type: Article

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