Three‐dimensional prostate imaging and tissue typing Meeting Abstract


Authors: Feleppa, E. J.; Fair, W. R.; Silverman, R. H.
Abstract Title: Three‐dimensional prostate imaging and tissue typing
Meeting Title: 3rd Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan
Abstract: Three‐dimensional (3‐D) depictions of ultrasonic scan data have been developed in our laboratories for visualizing tissue properties and structure in several medical applications including characterization of prostatic and ophthalmic tissues. Data for 3‐D depictions are acquired as a set of parallel ultrasonic scans and are displayed as volume or surface renderings or as interactively dissectable blocks. Acquired data consist of digitized radio‐frequency (rf) echo signals. Tissue‐typing information is based on parameters derived from linear‐regression analyses of normalized power spectra of the digitized rf echo‐signal data. Tissue properties, such as scatterer size, are computed from spectral parameter values. Tissue typing is performed by comparing computed parameter values from an unknown tissue with database values associated with known tissue types. Images portraying spectral parameter values, scatterer properties, or most‐likely tissue type have been developed. Three‐dimensional presentations are generated from sets of scan‐plane data using desktop computers or imaging workstations. Volumes can be examined in several ways, e.g., by dynamically presenting the entire 3‐D volume as a tilting or a rotating transparent rendering. Three‐dimensional images of the prostate gland facilitate visualization of cancerous regions warranting biopsy. © 1996, Acoustical Society of America. All rights reserved.
Journal Title: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume: 100
Issue: 4 Pt. 2
Meeting Dates: 1996 Dec 2-6
Meeting Location: Honolulu, HI
ISSN: 0001-4966
Publisher: A I P Publishing LLC  
Date Published: 1996-10-01
Start Page: 2646
Language: English
DOI: 10.1121/1.417808
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Meeting Abstract: 2pEA5 -- Article -- Export Date: 22 November 2017 -- Source: Scopus
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