Ultrasonic Axial Strain Measurement for Lateral Tissue Deformation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1830-1837

  Sumi, Chikayoshi ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial strain measurement; Axial strain ratio; Lateral deformation; Phantom experiment; Shear modulus reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHASE MATCHING; TISSUE;

AXIAL STRAIN MEASUREMENT; AXIAL STRAIN RATIO; LATERAL DEFORMATION; SHEAR MODULUS RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND BEAM AXIS;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 35549008918     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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