An integrated system for real-time detection of stiff masses with a single compression

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1286-1293

  Fahmy, Ahmed S ^a   Krieger, Axel ^a   Osman, Nael F ^b,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Strain encoding; Tagging; Tissue deformation

Indexed keywords

STRAIN ENCODED IMAGES; STRAIN ENCODING; TAGGING; TISSUE DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 33746835411     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.873690     Document Type: Article

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