Unified Approach to the Detection and Classification of Speckle Texture in Diagnostic Ultrasound

Robert F. Wagner; Michael F. Insana; David G. Brown

doi:10.1117/12.949534

25 November 1985 Unified Approach to the Detection and Classification of Speckle Texture in Diagnostic Ultrasound

Robert F. Wagner, Michael F. Insana, David G. Brown

Proceedings Volume 0556, Intl Conf on Speckle; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949534
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Second order statistics have been derived for the speckle in diagnostic ultrasound that arises from diffuse (incoherent) scattering in the presence of distributed and organized specular (coherent) scattering. They serve as the basis for a three-dimensional feature space in which tissue textures can be classified. The covariance matrix of the measurements in this space is a generalization of the speckle spot number or sampling concept that arises in the study of signal or lesion detectability.

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Robert F. Wagner, Michael F. Insana, and David G. Brown "Unified Approach to the Detection and Classification of Speckle Texture in Diagnostic Ultrasound", Proc. SPIE 0556, Intl Conf on Speckle, (25 November 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949534

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