Radiation force imaging of viscoelastic properties with reduced artifacts

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 736-742

  Viola, Francesco ^a   Walker, William F ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

RADIATION FORCE;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0038382246     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1209564     Document Type: Review

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