Direct estimation of the lateral strain field using a double oscillating point spread function with a scaling factor estimator

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 163-172

  Liebgott, Hervé ^a   Fromageau, Jérémie ^a   Wilhjelm, Jens E ^b   Vray, Didier ^a   Delachartre, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lateral oscillations; Lateral RF signals; Lateral strain estimation; Tissue elasticity imaging

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

LATERAL OSCILLATIONS; LATERAL RF SIGNALS; LATERAL STRAIN ESTIMATION; SCALING FACTOR; STRAIN FIELD; TISSUE ELASTICITY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 12144258147     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.533023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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