ShearWaveTM elastography: A new real time imaging mode for assessing quantitatively soft tissue viscoelasticity

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 321-324

  Bercoff, J ^a   Criton, A ^a   Bacrie, C C ^a   Souquet, J ^a   Tanter, M ^b   Gennisson, J L ^b   Deffieux, T ^b   Fink, M ^b   Juhan, Valerie ^c   Colavolpe, Anne ^c   Amy, Dominique ^d   Athanasiou, Alexandra ^e  

^a SUPERSONIC IMAGINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Cabinet de Radiologie Amy Fabry   (France)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elastography; kPa; Mach cone; Quantitative; Shear wave; Supersonic; Transient; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ELASTOGRAPHY; KPA; MACH CONE; QUANTITATIVE; SUPERSONIC;

ELASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 67649371489     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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