Hepatic steatosis assessment using ultrasound homodyned-K parametric imaging: the effects of estimators
Author(s) -
Zhuhuang Zhou,
Qiyu Zhang,
Weiwei Wu,
Ying-Hsiu Lin,
DarIn Tai,
JengHwei Tseng,
YiRu Lin,
Shuicai Wu,
PoHsiang Tsui
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.08.03
Subject(s) - steatosis , receiver operating characteristic , fatty liver , magnetic resonance imaging , parametric statistics , ultrasound , kurtosis , in vivo , medicine , nuclear medicine , nuclear magnetic resonance , mathematics , physics , radiology , statistics , biology , disease , microbiology and biotechnology
The homodyned-K (HK) distribution is an important statistical model for describing ultrasound backscatter envelope statistics. HK parametric imaging has shown potential for characterizing hepatic steatosis. However, the feasibility of HK parametric imaging in assessing human hepatic steatosis in vivo remains unclear.
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