Abstract
Whatever type of ultrasound imager is used, organ and lesion contours and tissue structure are displayed. However complex, the anatomic and pathologic features can be reduced to a small number of fundamental image types.
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Weill, F.S. (1990). Types of Tissue Echo Pattern and Artifacts. In: Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97095-5_2
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