Improvements in elastographic contrast-to-noise ratio using spatial-angular compounding

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 529-536

  Techavipoo, Udomchai ^a,b   Varghese, Tomy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular compounding; Axial strain; Compounding; Elasticity; Elasticity imaging; Elastogram; Elastography; Lateral strain; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GELATION; THERMOANALYSIS; TISSUE;

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO (CNR); ELASTOGRAM; REGION-OF-INTEREST (ROI);

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 17044376354     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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