A constrained-average strategy for reduction of artifacts from scattering inhomogeneities in parametric images of the attenuation coefficient

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2380-2383

  Rosado Mendez, Ivan M ^a   Nam, Kibo ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a  

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

Author keywords

attenuation coefficient; parametric images; quantitative ultrasound; reference phantom; tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; PARAMETRIC IMAGE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; REFERENCE PHANTOM; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

SCATTERING;

TISSUE;

EID: 84882327570     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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