Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: A parametric analysis of factors affecting image quality

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 548-553

  Nightingale, Kathryn ^a   Palmeri, Mark ^a   Bouchard, Richard ^a   Trahey, Gregg ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PULSES; IMPULSE IMAGING; LESION STIFFNESS; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER PULSES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 4143148713     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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