Characterization of lamina propria and vocal muscle in human vocal fold tissue by ultrasound Nakagami imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2019-2026

  Tsui, Po Hsiang ^a   Huang, Chih Chung ^b   Sun, Lei ^c   Dailey, Seth H ^d   Shung, K Kirk ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nakagami image; ultrasonic backscattering; ultrasound image; vocal fold

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; TEXTURES; ULTRASONICS;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NAKAGAMI; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTERING; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; VOCAL FOLDS;

SPEECH;

EID: 79953650347     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3562899     Document Type: Article

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