An adaptive strain estimator for elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 461-472

  Kaisar Alam, S ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^b   Konofagou, Elisa E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STRAIN; TISSUE;

ADAPTIVE STRAIN ESTIMATORS; ELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032014719     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.660156     Document Type: Article

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