On low order moments of the homodyned-K distribution

Ultrasonics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Martín Fernández, Marcos ^a   Alberola López, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian classifier; Class separability measures; Fractional low order moments; Homodyned K; Scatter matrices; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; MIXTURES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN CLASSIFIERS; CLASS SEPARABILITY MEASURES; FRACTIONAL LOW ORDER MOMENTS; HOMODYNED-K; SCATTER MATRICES;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 9944262335     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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