Tissue-mimicking oil-in-gelatin dispersions for use in heterogeneous elastography phantoms

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-38

  Madsen, E L ^a   Frank, G R ^a   Krouskop, T A ^b,c   Varghese, T ^a   Kallel, F ^b   Ophir, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Elastography; Phantoms; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VEGETABLE OILS;

CONTRAST; ELASTIC CONTRAST; ELASTOGRAPHY; HETEROGENEOUS ELASTOGRAPHY PHANTOM; MR ELASTOGRAPHY; OIL-IN-GELATIN DISPERSIONS; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

PHANTOMS;

GELATIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SAFFLOWER OIL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DISPERSION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EMULSION; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE;

EID: 0038301315     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460302500102     Document Type: Article

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