Ultrasonic measurement of breast tissue motion and the implications for velocity estimation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1047-1057

  El Fallah, Adel I ^a,b   Plantec, Michelle B ^a   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast tissue motion; Cardiac systole; Respiratory motion; Ribcage motion; Velocity estimation; Wideband maximum likelihood estimator

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TISSUE;

BIOPSY; WIDEBAND MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREATHING MECHANICS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTOLE;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; RIBS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030984203     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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