Multiresolution imaging in elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-75

  Varghese, Tomy ^a   Bilgen, Mehmet ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN FILTERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031647689     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646912     Document Type: Article

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