An angular compounding technique using displacement projection for noninvasive ultrasound strain imaging of vessel cross-sections

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1947-1956

  Hansen, Hendrik H G ^a   Lopata, Richard G P ^a   Idzenga, Tim ^a   de Korte, Chris L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angular compounding; Noninvasive strain imaging; Radial strain; Ultrasound; Vascular strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR COMPOUNDING; NONINVASIVE STRAIN IMAGING; RADIAL STRAINS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR STRAIN IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 77958151502     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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