Finite element formulation for shear modulus reconstruction in transient elastography

Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-626

  Park, Eunyoung ^a   Maniatty, Antoinette M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Inverse problem; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT COMPONENTS; ELASTO-DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROSTATIC STRESS; HYDROSTATIC STRESS FIELDS; IMAGING PLANE; INVERSION ALGORITHM; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; SHEAR MODULUS; SMOOTH APPROXIMATION; SOFT TISSUE; TIME DOMAIN; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR STRAIN; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70449561540     PISSN: 17415977     EISSN: 17415985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17415970802358371     Document Type: Article

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