Propagation Velocity and Attenuation of a Shear Wave Pulse Measured by Ultrasound Detection in Agarose and Polyacrylamide Gels

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-275

  Klinkosz, Tomasz ^a   Lewa, Czeslaw J ^a   Paczkowski, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Attenuation; Elastography; Phase velocity; Polyacrylamide gel; Shear wave; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; GELS; PHASE VELOCITY; POLYACRYLATES;

AGAROSE GEL; ELASTOGRAPHY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PULSE ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND DETECTION;

SHEAR WAVES;

AGAROSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYSTYRENES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEPHAROSE; SHEAR STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 38349189556     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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