Quantitative ultrasound techniques and improvements to diagnostic ultrasonic imaging

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 232-239

  Oelze, Michael L ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter coefficients; envelope statistics; quantitative ultrasound; tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; ENVELOPE STATISTICS; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

BACKSCATTERING; BIOPSY; DISEASE CONTROL; ESTIMATION; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84882295434     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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