Full 2D displacement vector and strain tensor estimation for superficial tissue using beam-steered ultrasound imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3201-3218

  Hansen, H H G ^a   Lopata, R G P ^a   Idzenga, T ^a   De Korte, C L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D DISPLACEMENT; 2D STRAIN; BEAM-STEERING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PHASE INFORMATION; STEERING ANGLES; STRAIN COMPONENTS; STRAIN IMAGING; STRAIN TENSOR; TISSUE DEFORMATIONS; ULTRASOUND BEAMS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; VESSEL PHANTOM;

ESTIMATION; TENSORS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 77957726055     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/11/014     Document Type: Article

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