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Conventional gray scale B-mode ultrasound is a commonly applied and useful method for a large number of diseases. The operator dependency, however, is limiting its clinical usefulness as well as the reproducability of an examination.
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Schlaps, D. et al. (1996). Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization Using a Diagnostic Expert System. In: Bacharach, S.L. (eds) Information Processing in Medical Imaging. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4261-5_25
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