Tissue elasticity reconstruction using linear perturbation method

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-313

  Kallel, F ^a   Bertrand, M ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TISSUE;

LINEAR PERTURBATION METHOD; TISSUE ELASTICITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030173129     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.500139     Document Type: Article

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