An integrated indenter-ARFI imaging system for tissue stiffness quantification

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-111

  Zhai, Liang ^a   Palmeri, Mark L ^a   Bouchard, Richard R ^a   Nightingale, Roger W ^a   Nightingale, Kathryn R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; ARFI imaging; Indentation; Ultrasound; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELASTIC MODULI; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INDENTATION; PHANTOMS; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD MODEL (FEM); INDENTATION MEASUREMENTS; ISOTROPIC ELASTIC MEDIUM; MODULUS RECONSTRUCTION; NORMALIZED DISPLACEMENTS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; EX VIVO STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 52749084578     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460803000203     Document Type: Article

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