Linear and nonlinear elasticity imaging of soft tissue in vivo: Demonstration of feasibility

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1191-1207

  Oberai, Assad A ^a   Gokhale, Nachiket H ^b   Goenezen, Sevan ^a   Barbone, Paul E ^c   Hall, Timothy J ^d   Sommer, Amy M ^d   Jiang, Jingfeng ^d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAINS; BENIGN TUMORS; BREAST TISSUES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; IN-VIVO; LINEAR AND NONLINEAR ELASTICITIES; MALIGNANT TUMORS; NON-LINEAR BEHAVIORS; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; SECANT MODULUS; SOFT TISSUES; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELASTICITY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LINEAR SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BREAST; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 63649141756     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/5/006     Document Type: Article

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