The nonstationary strain filter in elastography: Part II. Lateral and elevational decorrelation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1357-1369

  Kallel, F ^a   Varghese, T ^a   Ophir, J ^a   Bilgen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elastogram; Elastography; Elevational motion; Imaging; Lateral motion; Noise; Nonstationarity; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN FILTERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOTION; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; GELATIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030680229     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00196-8     Document Type: Article

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