"Sonoelasticity" images derived from ultrasound signals in mechanically vibrated tissues

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 231-239

  Lerner, Robert M ^a   Huang, S R ^a   Parker, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Doppler; Liver; Prostate; Tissue characterization; Tumors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT--ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONICS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

DOPPLER COLOR FLOW MAPPING; DOPPLER ULTRASONIC SOFT TISSUE EXAMINATION; MALIGNANT TUMOR DETECTION; SONOELASTICITY IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CANCER; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RABBITS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0025118581     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(90)90002-T     Document Type: Article

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