Frequency-dependent complex modulus of the uterus: Preliminary results

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3683-3695

  Kiss, Miklos Z ^a   Hobson, Maritza A ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a,b   Harter, Josephine ^c   Kliewer, Mark A ^c   Hartenbach, Ellen M ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT COMPLEX MODULI; HUMAN UTERINE TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMIES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 33746580297     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/15/006     Document Type: Article

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