title: Spectral 'noise' and ultrasonic tissue characterization.
abstract: The spectral fluctuations of each realization of echo signals are usually regarded as a noise to be rejected. However, a significant amount of texture information is hidden within such 'noise'. In fact, it allows us to distinguish three classes of breast tissue, chosen for their distinctive histology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giunta
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary