Simultaneous narrow-band ultrasonic strain-flow imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 173-183

  Tsou, Jean K ^a   Mai, Jerome J ^a   Lupotti, Fermin A ^a   Insana, Michael F ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BLOOD; DATA REDUCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; MALIGNANCIES; NARROW-BAND ULTRASONIC; STRAIN-FLOW IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 12144264183     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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