A new method for generating poroelastograms in noisy environments

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 201-220

  Righetti, Raffaella ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a   Garra, Brian S ^b   Chandrasekhar, Rajah M ^a   Krouskop, Thomas A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastogram; Elastography; Imaging; Lymphedema; Permeability; Poisson's ratio; Poroelastogram; Poroelastography; Porous media; Strain ratio; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POISSON RATIO; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; LYMPHEDEMA; POROELASTOGRAM; POROELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN RATIOS;

TISSUE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHEDEMA; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL STRESS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POROSITY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33744797390     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460502700401     Document Type: Article

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