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  • On modeling biomedical ultr...
    Kutay, M.A.; Petropulu, A.P.; Piccoli, C.W.

    IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 07/2001, Letnik: 48, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    We propose a new model for the RF ultrasound echo, namely the power-law shot-noise process. Based on this model, the in-phase and quadrature components of the echo are shown to exhibit 1/f/sup /spl beta//-type spectral behavior, in a sense that is defined in the paper. The envelope also exhibits this type of spectral behavior, but with a different exponent. This result explains the experimental observations by other researchers of the power-law trend of the RF echo spectrum. Although the shot-noise model has been used in the past for modeling the RF echo, this is the first time that a power-law impulse response filter is used and that the resulting 1/f/sup /spl beta//-type spectral behavior of the RF echo has been investigated. The model parameters are linked to tissue characteristics, such as scatterer density and attenuation; thus, they have the potential to be used as tissue characterization features. The validity of the proposed model is tested based on a database of 100 clinical ultrasound images of the breast.