Measurement of tissue motion

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-191

  Andcrson, T ^a   McDicken, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler; Imaging; Speckle; Tissue motion; Tracking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CONTRACTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; REVIEW; TRANSDUCER; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032612837     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411991534906     Document Type: Article

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