PSF dedicated to estimation of displacement vectors for tissue elasticity imaging with ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 746-756

  Liebgott, Hervé ^a   Wilhjehm, Jens E ^b   Jensen, Jøgen A ^b   Vray, Didier ^a   Delachartre, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VECTORS;

DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; LATERAL OSCILLATIONS; LATERAL RF SIGNALS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPECKLE TRACKING TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ELASTICITY IMAGING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34248545395     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.308     Document Type: Article

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