Elastography: A quantitative method for imaging the elasticity of biological tissues

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 111-134

  Ophir, J ^a   Cespedes I ^a   Ponnekanti, H ^a   Yazdi, Y ^a   li, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025806883     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469101300201     Document Type: Article

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