Limits on the contrast of strain concentrations in elastography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1215-1219

  Kallel, Faouzi ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Contrast; Contrast transfer efficiency; Elastography; Strain; Strain concentrations; Stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST-TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ELASTOGRAPHY;

TISSUE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032191911     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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