Validation of displacement measurements obtained from ultrasonic images during indentation testing

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-111

  Kawchuk, Gregory N ^a   Elliott, P Davis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Indention; Stiffness; Surface detection; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STIFFNESS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; INDENTATION TESTING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031962426     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00241-X     Document Type: Article

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