A novel noncontact ultrasound indentation system for measurement of tissue material properties using water jet compression

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 817-826

  Lu, M H ^a   Zheng, Y P ^a   Huang, Q H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Indentation; Nanoindentation; Noncontact; Tissue; Ultrasound; Ultrasound indentation; Water jet

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELASTIC MODULI; INDENTATION; JETS; TISSUE; WATER; WATER PIPELINES;

INDENTATION DEFORMATION; TISSUE ASSESSMENTS; ULTRASOUND COMPRESSION; WATER INDENTATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 20144377969     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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