Estimation of the optimal maximum beam angle and angular increment for normal and shear strain estimation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 760-769

  Rao, Min ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elasticity imaging; Elastogram; Elastography; Shear strain; Stiffness; Strain; Strain tensors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAM; ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN TENSORS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE DISPLAY; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 65349166765     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2005907     Document Type: Article

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