Axial-shear strain distributions in an elliptical inclusion model: Experimental validation and in vivo examples with implications to breast tumor classification

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 814-820

  Thittai, Arun K ^a   Galaz, Belfor ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial shear strain; Benign breast disease; Bonding; Breast cancer; Classification elastography; Elastogram; Elliptical; Fibroadenoma; Imaging; Phantom; Sonogram; Tumor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BENIGN BREAST DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELLIPTICAL; FIBROADENOMA; IMAGING PHANTOMS;

INCLUSIONS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77952310366     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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