Real time tissue elasticity imaging using the combined autocorrelation method

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 29, Issue AUTUMN, 2002, Pages 119-128

  Shiina, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nitta, Naotaka ^a   Ueno, Ei ^a   Bamber, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined autocorrelation method; Real time processing; Strain mapping; Tissue elasticity imaging; Tumor discrimination based on tissue elasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0036755508     PISSN: 13441388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02481234     Document Type: Article

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