Acoustic elastography under dynamic compression using one-dimensional track motion

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 83-86

  Neves, Lucio Pereira ^a   Jiang, Jingfeng ^b   Hall, Timothy J ^b   Carneiro, Antonio Adilton Oliveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MOTION ESTIMATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC ELASTOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY (RF);

IMAGE COMPRESSION;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 57649183633     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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