On the Differences Between Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Simulations for Assessing Elastographic Image Quality: A Simulation Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1129-1138

  Patil, Abhay V ^a,c   Krouskop, Thomas A ^b   Ophir, Jonathan ^a   Srinivasan, Seshadri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D lesion models; 3D simulation framework; 3D tissue motion; Cross correlation; Elastographic simulations; Elastography; Image quality; Strain filter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

3-D SIMULATIONS; 3D LESION MODELS; 3D SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; 3D TISSUE MOTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; CROSS-CORRELATION; ELASTOGRAPHIC SIMULATIONS; ELASTOGRAPHY; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRAIN FILTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; TISSUE MOTION; ULTRASOUND; UPPER BOUNDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODULUS CONTRAST RATIO; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STRAIN FILTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 45949090261     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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