Power spectral strain estimators in elastography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1115-1129

  Konofagou, E E ^a,b,c   Varghese, T ^a   Ophir, J ^a,b,c   Alam, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Centroid; Cross correlation; Elastogram; Elastography; Imaging; Spectral shift; Strain; Strain Filter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ELASTOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL-SHIFT METHOD;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032820432     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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