Aims: Texture analysis (TA) is becoming an increasingly used tool in radiological research.
Some papers have been published on its use in ultrasound (US), but the way in which the
machine settings affect the features has not yet been fully explored. With this research, we
analyze how the time gain compensation (TGC) influences the features of the gray-level
matrices in the abdominal US setting. Subjects and Methods: We analyzed the images
acquired from the hepatorenal acoustic window of a healthy 29-year-old volunteer acquired …