Research Article
Fractal Analysis of Elastographic Images for Automatic Detection of Diffuse Diseases of Salivary Glands: Preliminary Results
| | Type of image | Fractal value |
| | 2D evaluation ultrasound grey scale | 1.777 | | Duplex sonography | 1.754 | | ARFI (quantitative)—Ps | 1.771 | | ARFI (quantitative)—Ns | 1.796 | | ARFI (qualitative)—Ps | 1.650 | | ARFI (qualitative)—Ns | 1.701 | | Real-time elastography—Ps | 1.907 | | Real-time elastography—Ns | 1.543 |
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Ps: pathological state, Ns: normal situation.
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