Detection of high-intensity focused ultrasound liver lesions using dynamic elastometry

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-126

  Shi, Xuegong ^a   Martin, Roy W ^a,b   Rouseff, Daniel ^b   Vaezy, Shahram ^a   Crum, Lawrence A ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Dynamic elastometry; HIFU; Lesion detection; Liver; Stiffness; Strain; Stress; Ultrasound; Vibration; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; LIVER; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

DOPPLER; ELASTOMETRY; HIFU; LESION DETECTION; VIBRATION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRESS; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032809552     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469902100203     Document Type: Article

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