In-vivo imaging of skin under stress: potential of high-frequency (20 MHz) static 2-D elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 925-935

  Mofid, Yassine ^a   Ossant, Fŕdéric ^a,d,e   Imberdis, Claude ^b   Josse, Gwendal ^c,f   Patat, Frédéric ^a,g,h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^c P Fabre Inst of Res Ctr Europ de Rech sur la Peau et les Epitheliums de Revetement (CERPER)   (France)

^d CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^e LUSSI   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

^g Medical Faculty of Tours   (France)

^h Nuclear Medicine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGEL PHANTOMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; EXTENSIOMETER; HYPODERMIS; MULTISTRETCHING AVERAGING METHOD; SONOGRAPHER;

ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HARDNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SKIN; STIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RADIO WAVES; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33744748000     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1632683     Document Type: Article

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