Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods have been widely used for soft tissue
characterization. Spatial resolution (ie ultrasound frequency) is an important factor for QUS …

The two-dimensional homodyned K-distribution has been widely used to model the echo
envelope of ultrasound radio frequency (RF) signals in the field of medical ultrasonics. The …

Many methods for the analysis of amplitude envelope statistics have been proposed in
recent decades to enable echo signal characterization and realize quantitative diagnosis …

Quantitative ultrasound techniques based on the backscatter coefficient (BSC) have been
commonly used to characterize red blood cell (RBC) aggregation. Specifically, a scattering …

Hepatic steatosis is an abnormal state where excess lipid mass is accumulated in
hepatocyte vesicles. Backscattered ultrasound signals received from the liver contain useful …

Hemorheological properties, such as erythrocyte aggregation can be assessed by ultrasonic
backscatter coefficient analysis. In this study, a data-acquisition sequence with dual …

The ultrasound backscatter coefficient is a frequency-dependent quantity intrinsic to
biological tissues that can be recovered from backscattered radiofrequency signals, granted …

Although quantitative ultrasound techniques based on the parameterization of the
backscatter coefficient (BSC) have been successfully applied to blood characterization …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) can be used to estimate acoustic properties of tissue
microstructure. In one approach to QUS, the backscatter coefficient (BSC) is utilized to …

Erythrocyte aggregation is a non-specific marker of acute and chronic inflammation.
Although it is usual to evaluate this phenomenon from blood samples analyzed in laboratory …