Imaging mass lesions by vibro-acoustography: Modeling and experiments

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1087-1093

  Alizad, Azra ^a   Wold, Lester E ^b   Greenleaf, James F ^a   Fatemi, Mostafa ^a  

^a Ultrasound Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Lesion; Radiation force; Ultrasound; Vibro acoustography

Indexed keywords

LESION; RADIATION FORCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRO-ACOUSTOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ELASTIC MODULI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIBRATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 4444220550     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.828674     Document Type: Article

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