Elastography: Modality-specific approaches, clinical applications, and research horizons

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-397

  Li, Yufei ^a,b   Snedeker, Jess G ^a,b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging; Elastography; Magnetic resonance elastography; Musculoskeletal tissue imaging; Optical elastography; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RESEARCH;

EID: 79954425257     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-0918-0     Document Type: Review

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