Comparison of algorithms for estimating ultrasound attenuation when predicting cervical remodeling in a rat model

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 883-886

  Bigelow, Timothy A ^a   Labyed, Yassin ^a,b   McFarlin, Barbra L ^c   Sen Gupta, Ellora ^d   O'Brien, William D ^d  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

tissue characterization; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; DIFFERENCE METHOD; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING; HYBRID METHOD; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOSS-OF-SIGNAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; PREGNANT RAT; PULSE LENGTH; RAT MODEL; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; RATS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80055053879     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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