Medical ultrasound: Imaging of soft tissue strain and elasticity

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 64, 2011, Pages 1521-1549

  Wells, Peter N T ^a   Liang, Hai Dong ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bristol General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical ultrasound; Soft tissue; Strain in tissue; Tissue palpation; Ultrasonic elastography; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; UROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL UTILITY; DOPPLER; MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; PULSE ECHOES; RADIATION FORCES; SOFT TISSUE; SUPERFICIAL STRUCTURES; TISSUE-MIMICKING MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR DISEASE; X-RADIOGRAPHY;

TISSUE;

B SCAN; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST DISEASE; CARDIOLOGY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONIC ELASTOGRAPHY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASONIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UROLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 80053248907     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0054     Document Type: Review

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