A novel strain formation algorithm for ultrasonic strain imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1282-1285

  Jiang, Jingfeng ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a   Sommer, Amy M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE ROUTES; BLOCK MATCHING ALGORITHMS; BREAST TISSUES; BREAST TUMOR; DATA SETS; ECHO DATA; FREEHAND SCANNING; HIGH QUALITY; IN-VIVO; MOTION TRACKING ALGORITHMS; NOVEL STRAINS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RETROSPECTIVE PROCESSING; SIEMENS; STRAIN FORMATION; STRAIN IMAGES; ULTRASONIC STRAIN IMAGING;

IMAGE QUALITY; TRACKING (POSITION); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70449460304     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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