Optimal Region-of-Interest Settings for Tissue Characterization Based on Ultrasonic Elasticity Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-585

  Tsuzuki, Kentaro ^a   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Ichiki, Masataka ^b   Tezuka, Fumiaki ^c   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan East Railway Company   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Elasticity distribution; Phased tracking method; Tissue classification

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ULTRASONIC ELASTICITY IMAGING;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

LIPID;

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CALCIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 40949144008     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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