Mechanical imaging: A new technology for medical diagnostics

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-216

  Sarvazyan, Armen ^a  

^a ARTANN Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical imaging; Medical diagnostics; Pressure sensor array

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HARDNESS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

MECHANICAL IMAGING (MI); MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; PRESSURE SENSOR ARRAYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; MASS SCREENING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; SENSOR; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRESSURE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032053914     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(98)00040-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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