Elastographic imaging of low-contrast elastic modulus distributions in tissue

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-425

  Kallel, Faouzi ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a   Magee, Kevin ^b   Krouskop, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elastography; Imaging; Kidney; Low contrast; Prostate; Strain; Ultrasound; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN; TISSUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHIC IMAGING; KIDNEY; RENAL SINUS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0032033147     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00287-1     Document Type: Article

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