Shear wave dispersion ultrasonic vibrometry for measuring prostate shear stiffness and viscosity: An in vitro pilot study

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Mitri, F G ^a   Urban, M W ^b   Fatemi, M ^b   Greenleaf, J F ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; radiation force; shear wave; ultrasound; viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

CANCEROUS TISSUES; EARLY DETECTION; HUMAN PROSTATE; IMPROVED METHODS; IN-VITRO; MEAN VALUES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PILOT STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION FORCE; SHEAR ELASTICITY; SHEAR STIFFNESS; TISSUE STIFFNESS; ULTRASOUND; VIBROMETRY; VISCO-ELASTIC PARAMETERS; VISCOELASTIC; WAVE DISPERSION;

BIOPSY; DISEASES; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTICITY; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR WAVE DISPERSION ULTRASOUND VIBROMETRY; ULTRASOUND; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79551511183     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2053928     Document Type: Article

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