Analytic modeling of breast elastography

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2340-2349

  Liu, H T ^a   Sun, L Z ^a   Wang, G ^b   Vannier, M W ^b  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; Elastography; Imaging; Mechanical property; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

ANALYTIC MODELING; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BREAST TUMOR; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; ELASTOGRAPHY; FORWARD PROBLEM; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141855406     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1599953     Document Type: Article

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