Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 361-375 , March 2010

Three-Dimensional High-Frequency Characterization of Cancerous Lymph Nodes

  • Jonathan Mamou

      Affiliations

    • F. L. Lizzi Center for Biomedical Engineering, Riverside Research Institute, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jonathan Mamou, F. L. Lizzi Center for Biomedical Engineering, Riverside Research Institute, 156 William Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10038.
    • ,
  • Alain Coron

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7623, LIP, Paris, France
    • CNRS, UMR7623 Laboratoire d'Imagerie Paramétrique, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Masaki Hata

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii and Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
    • ,
  • Junji Machi

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii and Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
    • ,
  • Eugene Yanagihara

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii and Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
    • ,
  • Pascal Laugier

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7623, LIP, Paris, France
    • CNRS, UMR7623 Laboratoire d'Imagerie Paramétrique, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Ernest J. Feleppa

      Affiliations

    • F. L. Lizzi Center for Biomedical Engineering, Riverside Research Institute, New York, NY, USA

Received 12 May 2009 ,Revised 29 September 2009 ,Accepted 12 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.007

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 361-375 , March 2010

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