Reduction of signal decorrelation from mechanical compression of tissues by temporal stretching: Applications to elastography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-105

  Alam, S Kaisar ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto spectrum; Autocorrelation; Cross correlation; Cross spectrum; Elastogram; Elastography; Estimation error; Filtering; Imaging; Strain; Stress; Temporal signal stretching; Time delay estimation; Tissue compression; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN; TISSUE;

ELASTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL DECORRELATION; TEMPORAL SIGNAL STRETCHING; TIME DELAY ESTIMATION; TISSUE COMPRESSION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND;

ELASTICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031056017     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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