A method of tissue elasticity estimation based on three-dimensional displacement vector

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 39, Issue 5 B, 2000, Pages 3225-3229

  Nitta, Naotaka ^a   Shiina, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D array probe; 3D displacement vector; Combined autocorrelation method; Elasticity reconstruction; Weighted phase gradient method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; VECTORS;

COMBINED AUTOCORRELATION METHOD; DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; ELASTICITY RECONSTRUCTION; WEIGHTED PHASE GRADIENT METHOD;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0033717464     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.3225     Document Type: Article

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