Real-Time Ultrasound Attenuation Imaging of Diffuse Fatty Liver Disease

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 692-705

  Kanayama, Yuko ^a   Kamiyama, Naohisa ^a   Maruyama, Kenichi ^b   Sumino, Yasukiyo ^b  

^a TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Liver; Real time imaging; Steatosis; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound attenuation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

FATTY LIVER; REALTIME IMAGING; STEATOSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84875117759     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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