Development and evaluation of a high-frequency ultrasound-based system for in vivo strain imaging of the skin

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-385

  Vogt, Michael ^a   Ermert, Helmut ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; DEFORMATION; DERMATOLOGY; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRESSURE CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN;

DIGITAL PRESSURE CONTROL LOOPS; ECHO SIGNALS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND (HFUS); MECHANICAL STRAIN IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; STIMULATION; VACUUM; VALIDATION STUDY;

BURNS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VACUUM;

EID: 17044406260     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1417260     Document Type: Article

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