Simultaneous backscatter and attenuation estimation using a least squares method with constraints

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2096-2104

  Nam, Kibo ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^b   Hall, Timothy J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Attenuation; Backscatter; Least squares method; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION CONTRAST; ATTENUATION ESTIMATION; ATTENUATION LOSS; B-MODE IMAGING; BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTRAST MECHANISM; ECHO SIGNALS; EFFECTIVE ATTENUATION; INHOMOGENEITIES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; REGION OF INTEREST; SIEMENS; TEST SAMPLES; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TISSUE MODELS; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

BACKSCATTERING; ESTIMATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENT; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; PHANTOM; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REGION OF INTEREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 82955198419     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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