Perspective on biomedical quantitative ultrasound imaging

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Mamou, Jonathan ^a,b   Oelze, Michael L ^a   O'Brien Jr , William D ^a   Zachary, James F ^c  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BIOMEDICAL QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-MONITORING; FIBROADENOMA TUMOR; GAUSSIAN FORM FACTOR; SARCOMA TUMORS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 85032751562     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2006.1628885     Document Type: Article

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