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P M Shankar1, J M Reid, H Ortega, C W Piccoli, B B Goldberg.
Abstract
A model for the scattering of ultrasound from breast tissue is proposed. The model is based on the use of non-Rayleigh statistics, specifically the K distribution to describe the backscattered echo from the tissue. A multiparameter test based on this model has been designed to characterize the tissue. The data from the B-scan images of the breasts of 6 different patients were analyzed using this model. The results indicate that the non-Rayleigh statistics seem to be useful in characterizing and identifying malignant, benign, and normal tissue regions.Entities:
Year: 1993 PMID: 18218463 DOI: 10.1109/42.251119
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IEEE Trans Med Imaging ISSN: 0278-0062 Impact factor: 10.048