An octahedral shear strain-based measure of SNR for 3D MR elastography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  McGarry, M D J ^a   Van Houten, E E W ^b   Perriez P R ^a   Pattison, A J ^a   Weaver, J B ^a,c   Paulsen, K D ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN PHANTOMS; HUMAN BREAST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM SHEARS; MOTION DATA; MR ELASTOGRAPHY; RIGID-BODY MOTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; STIFFNESS VALUES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MECHANICAL TESTING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STIFFNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SHEAR STRAIN;

GELATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CATS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; GELATIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 79960352917     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/13/N02     Document Type: Article

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