Quantitative assessment of in vivo breast masses using ultrasound attenuation and backscatter

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-161

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

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

Author keywords

attenuation; backscatter; BI RADS; biomarker; breast cancer; carcinoma; fibroadenoma; quantitative ultrasound; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PHANTOMS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ATTENUATION; BI-RADS; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMA; FIBROADENOMA; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; RADIATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875346777     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0161734613480281     Document Type: Article

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