A method for characterization of tissue elastic properties combining ultrasonic computed tomography with elastography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-398

  Glozman, Tanya ^a   Azhari, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bulk modulus; Computed tomography; Elastic parameters; Elastography; Tissue characterization; Wave velocity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELASTIC PARAMETERS; ELASTOGRAPHY; LOCAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASONIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949834982     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.3.387     Document Type: Article

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