Ultrasound imaging of the larynx and vocal folds: recent applications and developments

PH Tsui, YL Wan, CK Chen - … in otolaryngology & head and neck …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Ultrasound imaging of the larynx and vocal folds: recent app... : Current Opinion in
Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Ultrasound imaging of the larynx and vocal folds …

Imaging local scatterer concentrations by the Nakagami statistical model

PH Tsui, CC Chang - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2007 - Elsevier
The ultrasonic B-mode image is an important clinical tool used to examine the internal
structures of the biological tissue. Due to the fact that the conventional B-scans cannot fully …

Small-window parametric imaging based on information entropy for ultrasound tissue characterization

PH Tsui, CK Chen, WH Kuo, KJ Chang, J Fang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Constructing ultrasound statistical parametric images by using a sliding window is a widely
adopted strategy for characterizing tissues. Deficiency in spatial resolution, the appearance …

Monitoring radiofrequency ablation using real-time ultrasound Nakagami imaging combined with frequency and temporal compounding techniques

Z Zhou, S Wu, CY Wang, HY Ma, CC Lin, PH Tsui - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Gas bubbles induced during the radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of tissues can affect the
detection of ablation zones (necrosis zone or thermal lesion) during ultrasound …

Classification of scattering media within benign and malignant breast tumors based on ultrasound texture‐feature‐based and Nakagami‐parameter images

YY Liao, PH Tsui, CH Li, KJ Chang, WH Kuo… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Benign and malignant tumors can be classified by using texture analysis of the
ultrasound B‐scan image to describe the variation in the echogenicity of scatterers. The …

Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors by 2-D analysis based on contour description and scatterer characterization

PH Tsui, YY Liao, CC Chang, WH Kuo… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound B-mode scanning based on the echo intensity has become an important clinical
tool for routine breast screening. The efficacy of the Nakagami parametric image based on …

Effects of estimators on ultrasound Nakagami imaging in visualizing the change in the backscattered statistics from a Rayleigh distribution to a pre-Rayleigh …

PH Tsui, YL Wan, DI Tai, YC Shu - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Ultrasound Nakagami imaging has recently attracted interest as an imaging technique for
analyzing envelope statistics. Because the presence of structures has a strong effect on …

Automatic segmentation of ultrasound images using SegNet and local Nakagami distribution fitting model

W Cui, D Meng, K Lu, Y Wu, Z Pan, X Li… - … Signal Processing and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Automatic and accurate segmentation of ultrasound (US) images plays a vital role in
computer-aided diagnosis of many diseases. However, multiple degradations within US …

Classification of breast masses by ultrasonic Nakagami imaging: a feasibility study

PH Tsui, CK Yeh, CC Chang… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasound is an important clinical tool in noninvasive diagnoses of breast cancer. The
Nakagami statistical parameter estimated from the ultrasonic backscattered envelope has …

Window-modulated compounding Nakagami imaging for ultrasound tissue characterization

PH Tsui, HY Ma, Z Zhou, MC Ho, YH Lee - Ultrasonics, 2014 - Elsevier
Ultrasound Nakagami parametric imaging is a useful tool for tissue characterization.
Previous literature has suggested using a square with side lengths corresponding to 3 times …