Imaging the mechanical stiffness of skin lesions by in vivo acousto-optical elastography

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9770-9779

  Kirkpatrick, Sean J ^a   Wang, Ruikang K ^a   Duncan, Donald D ^b   Kulesz Martin, Molly ^c   Lee, Ken ^c  

^a Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SKIN; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC FORCE; ACOUSTO-OPTICAL ELASTOGRAPHY (AOE); COLLAGEN FIBERS; OPTICAL ELASTOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33750327826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009770     Document Type: Article

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