Forward and Inverse Problems in Elasticity Imaging of Soft Tissues

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1639-1648

  Raghavan, K R ^a   Yagle, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY IMAGING; FORWARD PROBLEMS;

DEFORMATION; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; STRAIN; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0028493913     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.322961     Document Type: Article

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