Analysis of a hybrid spectral strain estimation technique in elastography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-209

  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 MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE; POST-COMPRESSION POWER SPECTRA;

STRAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 32544452224     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/2/001     Document Type: Article

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