Development of an anthropomorphic breast phantom for combined PET, B-mode ultrasound and elastographic imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 660-667

  Dang, Jun ^a   Frisch, Benjamin ^b   Lasaygues, Philippe ^c   Zhang, Dachun ^d   Tavernier, Stefaan ^a   Felix, Nicolas ^e   Lecoq, Paul ^b   Auffray, Etiennette ^b   Varela, Joao ^f   Mensah, Serge ^c   Wan, Mingxi ^d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SUPERSONIC IMAGINE   (France)

^f LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

elastography; PET; Terms Breast; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC BREAST PHANTOM; BREAST IMAGING; CRYSTAL CLEAR COLLABORATIONS; DUAL-MODALITY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION; HUMAN BREAST TISSUE; IMAGING METHOD; IMAGING MODALITY; POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TERMS-BREAST; TISSUE ELASTICITY; WHOLE-BODY;

ELASTICITY; SHEAR FLOW; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79959377431     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2105279     Document Type: Article

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