Imaging and estimation of tissue elasticity by ultrasound

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-268

  Garra, Brian Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Elastography; Poroelastography; Shear modulus; Sonoelastography; Tissue elasticity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CRYOABLATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ELASTOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; SONOELASTOGRAPHY; THYROID TUMOR; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 37349107460     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ruq.0b013e31815b7ed6     Document Type: Review

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