Supersonic shear imaging: A new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 396-409

  Bercoff, Jérémy ^a   Tanter, Mickaël ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BREAST CANCER; ELASTOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE ELASTICITY MAPPING; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; VIBRATION;

EID: 2442466831     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1295425     Document Type: Article

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