Estimation of material elastic moduli in elastography: A local method, and an investigation of Poisson's ratio sensitivity

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1215-1221

  Harrigan, Timothy P ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Elastography; Numerical model; Poisson's ratio; Strain energy

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ERROR ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; ELASTOGRAPHY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ERROR; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2942699925     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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