Tissue classification using ultrasound-induced variations in acoustic backscattering features

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-320

  Daoud, Mohammad I ^a   Mousavi, Parvin ^b   Imani, Farhad ^b   Rohling, Robert ^c   Abolmaesumi, Purang ^c  

^a GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; thermal effects; time series analysis; tissue characterization; ultrasound (US) imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SOUND SPEED; TEMPERATURE RISE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE CLASSIFICATION; TISSUE TEMPERATURES; TISSUE TYPING; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

BIOACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872585339     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2224111     Document Type: Article

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