Correlation of elastographic tissue strain images with mechanically scanned modulus images

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 959-960

  Srinivasan, S ^a,b   Krouskop, T ^a,c   Ophir, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

DOPPLER TISSUE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; TISSUE STIFFNESS ESTIMATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0036911442     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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