A freehand elastographic imaging approach for clinical breast imaging: System development and performance evaluation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1347-1357

  Doyley, M M ^a   Bamber, J C ^a   Fuechsel, F ^a   Bush, N L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Freehand elastography; Hand induced transducer motion; Tissue elasticity; Tumour detection

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; SCANNING; STRAIN; ULTRASONICS;

ECHO FRAMES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HAND; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRESS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0035679473     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00429-X     Document Type: Article

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