Elasticity and echogenicity analysis of agarose phantoms mimicking liver tumors

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 81-82

  Bin, Luo ^a   Ronghua, Yang ^a   Peng, Ying ^a   Awad, Michael ^c   Choti, Michael ^c   Taylor, Russell ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echogenicity; Elasticity; Liver tissue phantom

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBOHYDRATES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GRAPHITE;

AGAROSE GELS; ECHOGENICITY ANALYSIS; LIVER LESIONS; LIVER TISSUE PHANTOMS;

TUMORS;

EID: 33751109508     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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