DocumentCode
2217923
Title
Parametric ultrasound imaging
Author
Thijssen, J.M. ; Huisman, H.J. ; Valckx, F.M.J.
Author_Institution
Clinical Phys. Lab., Nijmegen Univ. Hospital, Netherlands
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Firstpage
893
Abstract
An overview is given of the various preprocessing steps needed prior to the analysis of echographic signals and images. Acoustospectrographic and texture parameters are defined and used to construct parametric ultrasound images
Keywords
acoustic signal processing; biomedical ultrasonics; frequency-domain analysis; image reconstruction; image texture; medical image processing; spectral analysis; acoustospectrographic parameters; attenuation coefficient; average spectrogram; backscattering coefficient; diffraction correction; echographic signals; echoic lesions; frequency domain; image texture parameters; medical ultrasound; parametric ultrasound imaging; preprocessing steps; Attenuation; Backscatter; Biological tissues; Diffraction; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Liver; Radio frequency; Reflectivity; Spectrogram; Ultrasonic imaging;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3811-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652028
Filename
652028
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