In vivo real-time freehand palpation imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 427-435

  Hall, Timothy J ^a,b   Zhu, Yanning ^a   Spalding, Candace S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Physics Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elastography; Palpation; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELASTICITY; FEEDBACK; IMAGE QUALITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

LABORATORY FIXTURES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; PALPATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0037361541     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00733-0     Document Type: Article

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