Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) analyzes the ultrasound backscattered data to find the
properties of scatterers that correlate with the tissue microstructure. Statistics of the envelope …

Breast cancer is a global epidemic, responsible for one of the highest mortality rates among
women. Ultrasound imaging is becoming a popular tool for breast cancer screening, and …

The analysis of the backscattered statistics using the Nakagami parameter is an emerging
ultrasound technique for assessing hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. Previous studies indicated …

Acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) based on the analysis of ultrasound backscattered
statistics has been reported to detect liver fibrosis without significant hepatic steatosis. This …

The estimation of many spectral-based quantitative ultrasound parameters assumes that
backscattered echo signals are from a stationary, incoherent scattering process. The …

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is used in patients with breast cancer to
reduce tumor focus, metastatic risk, and patient mortality. Monitoring NAC effects is …

The Homodyned K distribution has been used successfully as a tool in the ultrasound
characterization of sparse media, where the scatterer clustering parameter α accurately …

Purpose To evaluate the ultrasound (US) response in patients with breast cancer (BC)
during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Methods Prospective US analysis was performed …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) allows estimating the intrinsic tissue properties. Speckle
statistics are the QUS parameters that describe the first order statistics of ultrasound (US) …

In ultrasound tissue characterization dealing with cellular aggregates (such as tumors), it
can be hypothesized that cell microstructure and spatial distribution dominate the …