Observations of tissue response to acoustic radiation force: Opportunities for imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 129-138

  Nightingale, Kathryn ^a,b   Bentley, Rex ^a,b   Trahey, Gregg ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging; Elastography; Remote palpation; Tissue mechanical properties; Ultrasound; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; REMOTE PALPATION; VISCOELASTIC;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0036663803     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460202400301     Document Type: Article

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