Potential of Ultrasound Nakagami Imaging in Clinical Tissue Characterization

Journal of Medical Ultrasound

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 51-53

  Tsui, Po Hsiang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND NAKAGAMI IMAGING;

EID: 84882236390     PISSN: 09296441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmu.2013.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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