Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 209-217, February 2010

Ultrasonic Nakagami Imaging: A Strategy to Visualize the Scatterer Properties of Benign and Malignant Breast Tumors

  • Po-Hsiang Tsui

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mechanics, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Chih-Kuang Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Yin-Yin Liao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Chien-Cheng Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mechanics, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Chien-Cheng Chang, Division of Mechanics, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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  • Wen-Hung Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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  • King-Jen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Chiung-Nien Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Received 7 April 2009; received in revised form 4 August 2009; accepted 3 October 2009. published online 17 December 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)01562-2

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.006

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 209-217, February 2010

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