Elastography: Imaging of tomorrow?

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-113

  Pickerell, Dae M ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Elastography; Sonography; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST LESION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 77952592929     PISSN: 87564793     EISSN: 15525430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756479310370482     Document Type: Article

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