Tissue response to mechanical vibrations for "sonoelasticity imaging"

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 241-246

  Parker, K J ^a   Huang, S R ^a   Musulin, R A ^a   Lerner, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic constants; Elasticity; Finite element analysis; Sonoelasticity; Tissue characterization; Tumor detection; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT--ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ULTRASONICS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

DOPPLER ULTRASONIC SOFT TISSUE EXAMINATION; MALIGNANT TUMOR DETECTION; NASTRAN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SONOELASTICITY IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0025040047     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(90)90003-U     Document Type: Article

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