Quantitative Viscoelasticity Mapping of Human Liver Using Supersonic Shear Imaging: Preliminary In Vivo Feasability Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Muller, Marie ^a   Gennisson, Jean Luc ^a   Deffieux, Thomas ^a   Tanter, Mickaël ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Liver fibrosis; Shear wave imaging; Transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FRAME RATES; HEPATIC LESIONS; IN-VIVO; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOCAL ESTIMATION; RADIATION FORCE (RF); SHEAR ELASTICITY; SHEAR MODULUS; SHEAR WAVE IMAGING; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY (SWV); TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF); TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT PROPAGATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND (US) IMAGES; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; LIVER; SHEAR WAVES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58649122872     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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