Analysis of an adaptive strain estimation technique in elastography

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-118

  Srinivasan, S ^a,b   Kallel, F ^a   Souchon, R ^c   Ophir, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive companding; Adaptive stretching; Contrast to noise ratio; Cross correlation; Elastography

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE;

COMPANDING; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CROSS CORRELATIONS; ELASTOGRAPHY; INITIAL DISPLACEMENTS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; STRETCHING TECHNIQUES;

STRAIN;

ADAPTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TECHNIQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELASTICITY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036525594     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460202400204     Document Type: Article

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