A new modeling for the changes in the distribution of scatterers in cirrhotic liver

Citation
T. Hara et H. Hachiya, A new modeling for the changes in the distribution of scatterers in cirrhotic liver, JPN J A P 1, 39(5B), 2000, pp. 3262-3265
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Volume
39
Issue
5B
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3262 - 3265
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The human liver is composed of small hexagonal structures called liver lobu les. Cirrhosis destroys these liver lobules and replaces them with permanen t connective tissue referred to as regenerative nodules. In this paper, we propose a new modeling (technique Tor changes in the scatterer distribution in liver tissue considering the structure of liver lobules to obtain image s of the cirrhotic liver over continuous stages. Using these images, we ana lyze the relationship between changes in characteristics of biological tiss ue and changes in B-mode images during progressive liver cirrhosis.