Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1037-1051 , July 2010

A Critical Review and Uniformized Representation of Statistical Distributions Modeling the Ultrasound Echo Envelope

  • François Destrempes

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Guy Cloutier

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Guy Cloutier, Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, Research Center, University of Montreal Hospital, Pavilion J. A. de Sève (room Y-1619), 2099 Alexandre de Sève, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2L 2W5.

Received 24 November 2009 ,Revised 1 March 2010 ,Accepted 2 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.04.001

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1037-1051 , July 2010

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