Ultrasound Imaging and Characterization of Biofilms Based onWavelet De-noised Radiofrequency Data

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-595

  Vaidya, Kunal ^a   Osgood, Robert ^a   Ren, Dabin ^b   Pichichero, Michael E ^b   Helguera, María ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Biofilms; Characterization; Haemophilus influenzae; High frequency ultrasound; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Wavelet de noising

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WAVELET DENOISING;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; BIOFILMS; CHARACTERIZATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WAVELET DE-NOISING;

BIOFILMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895182698     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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