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An echographic method for differentiating pathological regions in biological tissue is presented. The method, named RULES, permits to extract spectral parameters related to the organization and mechanical properties of investigated tissue. The results for breast tumor detection and characterization will be presented in this work together with the results coming from the clinical experimentation on prostate to guide the bioptical sampling
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Masotti, L. et al. (2007). Clinical Experimentation of FEMMINA* and RULES+ for Prostate and Breast Tumor Detection. In: André, M.P., et al. Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5721-0_37
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