An elasticity microscope. Part I: Methods

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1304-1319

  Abraham Cohn, N ^a   Emelianov, Stanislav Y ^a   Lubinski, Mark A ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPECKLE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

ELASTICITY MICROSCOPES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031276854     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.656634     Document Type: Article

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