Identifying the mechanical properties of tissue by ultrasound strain imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-235

  Turgay, Emre ^a   Salcudean, Septimiu ^a   Rohling, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Elastography; Mass spring damper model; Stiffness; Transfer function; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VISCOSITY;

DENSITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; MASS-SPRING-DAMPER MODEL; SOFT TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 32044450812     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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