Using ultrasound Nakagami imaging to assess liver fibrosis in rats

Ultrasonics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-222

  Ho, Ming Chih ^a   Lin, Jen Jen ^b   Shu, Yu Chen ^c   Chen, Chiung Nien ^a   Chang, King Jen ^a,d   Chang, Chien Cheng ^e,f   Tsui, Po Hsiang ^g  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^g CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Nakagami distribution; Rat liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; BACK-SCATTERED; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; GRAY SCALE; IN-VITRO; INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTIONS; LIVER FIBROSIS; NAKAGAMI; NAKAGAMI DISTRIBUTION; NAKAGAMI PARAMETER; RAT LIVER FIBROSIS; RAT LIVERS; REAL TIME; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASOUND SCANNING; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL;

BACKSCATTERING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

RATS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 81855164724     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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