Principal component analysis of shear strain effects

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 472-483

  Chen, Hao ^a,b   Varghese, Tomy ^a,b  

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

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement; Elasticity; Elasticity imaging; Elastogram; Elastography; Principal component analysis; Shear strain; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAM; ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; IMAGE QUALITY; RANGE FINDING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 64249088800     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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