Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The H-scan analysis of ultrasound images is a matched-filter approach derived from analysis of scattering from incident pulses in the form of Gaussian-weighted Hermite polynomial functions. This framework is applied in a preliminary study of thyroid lesions to examine the H-scan outputs for three categories: normal thyroid, benign lesions, and cancerous lesions within a total group size of 46 patients. In addition, phantoms comprised of spherical scatterers are analyzed to establish independent reference values for comparison. The results demonstrate a small but significant difference in some measures of the H-scan channel outputs between the different groups.
Source: Journal of medical imaging
Authors: Gary R. Ge, Rosa Laimes, Joseph Pinto, Jorge Guerrero, Himelda Chavez, Claudia Salazar, Roberto J. Lavarello, Kevin J. Parker
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Award: G3667756892
OpenAlex ID: W2792937837