Lesion contrast and detection using sonoelastographic shear velocity imaging: Preliminary results

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6513, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hoyt, Kenneth ^a   Parker, Kevin J ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Crawling waves; Elasticity imaging; Shear velocity imaging; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOCORRELATION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SHEAR WAVES;

CRAWLING WAVES; ELASTICITY IMAGING; SHEAR VELOCITY IMAGING; SONOELASTOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35148848300     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.709480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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