Feature Extraction Method | Feature Type | Feature Class | Total Number (n = count) | Features | |
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B-mode | First Order Features | Â | 7 | Mean value Skewness Kurtosis Entropy Energy Median value Stand deviation | |
 | Higher Order Features (texture features) | Grey Level Distance Matrix (GLDM) | 4 | Mean entropy Entropy Contrast Angular second moment | |
 |  | Neighboring Grey Level Dependence Matrix (NGLDM) | 5 | Coarseness Contrast Busyness Complexity Strength | |
 |  | Grey Level Size Zone Matrix (GLSZM) | 8 | Small Zone Emphasis Large Zone Emphasis Gray-Level Non-uniformity Zone-Size Non-uniformity Zone Percentage Gray-Level Variance Zone-Size Variance Zone entropy | |
 |  | Grey Level Run Length Matrix (GLRLM) | 8 | Short Run Emphasis Long Run Emphasis Gray-Level Nonuniformity Run-Length Nonuniformity Run Percentage Gray-Level Variance Run-Length Variance Run entropy | |
 |  | Gray Level Dependence Matrixa | 5 | Small number emphasis (finess index) large number emphasis (coarsness index) Number non-uniformity Entropy DCENT entropy | |
 |  | Averaged features across 4 directions | 10 | Mean homogeneity Mean energy Mean local homogeneity Mean Autocorrelation Mean Correlation Mean Dissimilarity Mean sum average Mean entropy Mean Contrast Mean variance | |
 | Wavelet Transform | Wavelet features | 24 | MeanVett 1–12 (Mean) SdVett 1–12 (standard deviation) | |
 | Fractal Analysis | Fractal Analysis features | 3 | FD average FD standard deviation FD lacunarity | |
Radio-frequency | Frequency domain | Spectral Features | 12 | spectral slope spectral Intercept Mid Band Fit S1 parameter S2 Parameter S3 Parameter S4 parameter signal power Spectral centroid Spectral Bandwidth spectral flatness Cress factor | |
 | Time Domain Features | Time Series | 5 | Kurtosis cross zero count cross zero SD Peaks Fussy Entropy | |
 | Nagakami distribution | Nakagami distribution mean diagram | 1 | M parameter | |
 | Spatial Features | Skewness of spectrum difference Map | 43 | First Order Featuresa Grey Level Distance Matrixa Grey Level Size Zone Matrixa Grey Level Run Length Matrixa Gray Level Dependence Matrixa Averaged features across 4 directionsa | |
 |  | Direct Energy attenuation map | 43 | First Order Featuresa Grey Level Distance Matrixa Grey Level Size Zone Matrixa Grey Level Run Length Matrixa Gray Level Dependence Matrixa Averaged features across 4 directionsa |