Adaptive spectral strain estimators for elastography

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-149

  Alam, S Kaisar ^a   Lizzi, Frederic L ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^b   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a   Ramachandran, Sarayu ^b  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Correlation; Elastogram; Elastography; Imaging; Spectral estimation; Spectral shift; Strain; Stress; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GRADIENT BASED ALGORITHM; SPECTRAL ESTIMATION; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE;

EID: 17644376216     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460402600301     Document Type: Article

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