A method of imaging viscoelastic parameters with acoustic radiation force

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1437-1447

  Walker, William F ^a   Fernandez, Francisco J ^a   Negron, Laura A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

INSONIFICATION; ULTRASONIC PULSES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACOUSTICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0034043279     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/6/303     Document Type: Article

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