Ultrasonic imaging of the mechanical properties of tissues using localized, transient acoustic radiation FORCE

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn V, Issue , 2005, Pages 981-984

  Nightingale, Kathryn ^a   Palmeri, Mark ^a   Frinkley, Kristin ^a   Sharma, Amy ^a   Zhai, Liang ^a   Trahey, Gregg ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE (ARFI) IMAGING; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; RADIATION FORCE; TISSUE ATTENUATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33646776427     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1416470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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