Estimating elastic properties of tissues from standard 2D ultrasound images

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5750, Issue , 2005, Pages 184-195

  Kybic, Jan ^a   Smuttek, Daniel ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Elastography; Finite element method; Inverse problem; Medical ultrasound; Tissue; Weak form

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; WEAK FORM;

TISSUE;

EID: 24644502708     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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