Shear wave speed recovery in transient elastography and supersonic imaging using propagating fronts

Inverse Problems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 681-706

  McLaughlin, Joyce ^a   Renzi, Daniel ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

PROPAGATING FRONTS; SHEAR WAVE; SUPERSONIC IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33645275457     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: 13616420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/22/2/018     Document Type: Article

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