A zero-crossing strain estimator for elastography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-238

  Srinivasan, S ^a,b   Ophir, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Elastography; Tracking; Ultrasound; Zero crossing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN;

MULTICOMPRESSION ELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONICS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037298609     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00697-X     Document Type: Article

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