Comparison of shift estimation strategies in spectral elastography

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Hoyt, Kenneth ^a,b   Forsberg, Flemming ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging; Spectral elastography; Strain Filter; Subsample estimation; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERPOLATION; ULTRASONICS;

ELASTICITY IMAGING; SPECTRAL ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN FILTER;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 29244433732     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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