| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for characterizing and identifying tissues in a given body part using a transmitted ultrasound signal, wherein the method comprises receiving an ultrasound signal in response to the transmission of the transmitted ultrasound signal toward the given body part, computing an attenuation coefficient for the received ultrasound signal, the attenuation coefficient being indicative of the attenuation of the transmitted ultrasound signal in the tissue and identifying the tissue using the computed attenuation coefficient.
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