Shear-wave generation using acoustic radiation force: In vivo and ex vivo results

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1715-1723

  Nightingale, Kathryn ^a   McAleavey, Stephen ^a   Trahey, Gregg ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Remote palpation; Shear modulus; Shear wave imaging; Soft tissue; Sonoelasticity; Ultrasound; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELASTIC MODULI; IMPULSE NOISE; SHEAR WAVES; SKIN; TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE (ARFI);

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FAT;

ABDOMEN; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBROADENOMA; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SHEAR FLOW; SKIN; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0347123252     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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