Transverse oscillations for tissue motion estimation

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 548-555

  Liebgott, H ^a   Basarab, A ^a   Gueth, P ^a   Friboulet, D ^a   Delachartre, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Blood flow; Echocardiography; Elastography; Motion estimation; Transverse oscillations

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING METHODS; BLOOD FLOW; ELASTOGRAPHY; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPATIAL DIRECTION; TISSUE MOTION; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

BEAMFORMING; BLOOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOTION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 77949654993     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.11.001     Document Type: Review

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