Quantifying viscoelasticity of gelatin phantoms by measuring impulse response using compact optical sensors [Correspondence]

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1696-1700

  Qiang, Bo ^a   Greenleaf, James ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTINUOUS-WAVE (CW) METHODS; CROSS SPECTRA; EFFICIENT METHOD; ELASTOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; GELATIN PHANTOMS; LASER DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; LOW COSTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; NON-CONTACT; PORCINE SKIN; SPECIFIC FREQUENCIES;

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE VELOCITY; RESONANCE; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

MONITORING;

GELATIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; GELATIN; LASERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954769837     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1600     Document Type: Article

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