Liver tissue characterization using computerized echography.
A digital echographic data acquisition and evaluation system was used in a clinical study including more than 100 patients with various local or diffuse liver tissue alterations. For diagnosis two decision methods are applied: first linear discriminant analysis and second a Bayesian method. Each A-scan is represented by a set of various numerical parameters from which only the most signal-distinctive ones are used for evaluation. The diagnostic results which will be presented and discussed have proved the method to be very sensitive and specific.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*