In Vivo breast vibro-acoustography: Recent results and new challenges

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1659-1662

  Alizad, Azra ^a   Whaley, Dana H ^a   Kinnick, Randall R ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a   Fatemi, Mostafa ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Imaging; Radiation force; Ultrasound; Vibro acoustography

Indexed keywords

BREAST; IMAGING; RADIATION FORCE; ULTRASOUND; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 55249121057     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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