Quantitative ultrasound history and successes

Quantitative Ultrasound in Soft Tissues

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 21-42

  Ghoshal, Goutam ^a   Oelze, Michael L ^a   O’brien, William D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative ultrasound; Spectral analysis; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84900030345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6952-6_2     Document Type: Chapter

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