Linear approach to axial resolution in elasticity imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 716-725

  Liu, Jie ^a   Abbey, Craig K ^a   Insana, Michael F ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AXIAL RESOLUTION; CROSS-RANGE STRAIN; LOCAL IMPULSE RESPONSE (LIR); SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 3042618925     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2004.1304270     Document Type: Article

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