Elastographic imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Ophir, J ^a   Garra, B ^c   Kallel, F ^a   Konofagou, E ^a   Krouskop, T ^d   Righetti, R ^a,b   Varghese, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

ELASTOGRAPHIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VIABLE CLINICAL TOOL;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; DOGS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PROSTATE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034060669     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00156-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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