1. Computerized ultrasound risk evaluation system
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Stephen G. Azevedo, Jeffrey E. Mast, Peter J Littrup, Thomas L. Moore, David H. Chambers, Frank Natterer, Frank Wuebbeling, Nebojsa Duric, Sidney W Ferguson, Robert Henry Barter, and Earle Holsapple
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Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,business.industry ,Quantitative Biology::Tissues and Organs ,Acoustics ,Physics::Medical Physics ,Ultrasound ,Acoustic wave ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Quantitative Biology::Cell Behavior ,Risk evaluation ,Optics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Computer Science::Sound ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,sense organs ,Acoustic radiation ,business ,psychological phenomena and processes ,Geology - Abstract
A method and system for examining tissue are provided in which the tissue is maintained in a position so that it may be insonified with a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves. The insonifying acoustic waves are scattered by the tissue so that scattered acoustic radiation including a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves is received. A representation of a portion of the tissue is then derived from the received scattered acoustic radiation.
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- 2008
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