Method of quantitatively measuring fat content in target organ from ultrasound visual image
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsJi-wook Jeong, Soo-yeul Lee, Seung-hwan Kim
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Abstract
A method of quantitatively assessing fat content in a target organ from an ultrasound visual image is provided. This method includes obtaining an ultrasound visual image of the target organ, setting a target region in the obtained image, measuring a quantified representative gray level of the target region from a gray level distribution of pixels of the target region, and assessing fat content corresponding to the quantified representative gray level of the target region.
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A method of quantitatively assessing fat content in a target organ from an ultrasound visual image, the method comprising:
- obtaining an ultrasound visual image of the target organ;
- setting a target region in the obtained image;
- measuring a quantified representative gray level of the target region from a gray level distribution of pixels of the target region;
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- assessing fat content corresponding to the quantified representative gray level of the target region.
A method of quantitatively assessing fat content in a target organ from an ultrasound visual image, the method comprising:
- obtaining an ultrasound visual image of the target organ;
- setting a target region and comparative regions in the obtained image;
- measuring a representative gray level of the target region from a gray level distribution of pixels of the target region;
- measuring representative gray levels of the comparative regions from the gray level distributions of pixels of the comparative regions;
- quantifying the representative gray level of the target region as relative values with regard to the representative gray levels of the comparative regions;
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- assessing fat content corresponding to the quantified representative gray level of the target region.
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