A new elastographic method for estimation and imaging of lateral displacements, lateral strains, corrected axial strains and Poisson's ratios in tissues

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1183-1199

  Konofagou, Elisa ^a,b   Ophir, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Correction; Displacement; Elastic modulus; Elasticity; Elastogram; Elastography; Imaging; Interpolation; Lateral; Poisson's ratio; Shear; Strain; Tracking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN; TENSORS; TISSUE;

ELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032191886     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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