A novel performance descriptor for ultrasonic strain imaging: A preliminary study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1088-1102

  Jiang, Jingfeng ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a   Sommer, Amy M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS; SIGNAL QUALITY; TISSUE-MIMICKING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; IMAGE QUALITY; MOTION ESTIMATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33746846619     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1642508     Document Type: Article

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