Maximum-likelihood approach to strain imaging using ultrasound

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1421-1434

  Insana, M F ^a,b   Cook, L T ^a   Bilgen, M ^a   Chaturvedi, P ^a   Zhu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034007425     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428429     Document Type: Article

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