Fast strain tensor imaging using beam steered plane wave ultrasoundtransmissions

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1344-1347

  Hansen, H H G ^a   Lopata, R G P ^b,c   Idzenga, T ^a   De Korte, C L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

beam steering; plane waves; strain imaging; vascularultrasound; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; PLANE WAVE; STRAIN IMAGING; VASCULARULTRASOUND; VULNERABLE PLAQUES; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ELASTIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

STRAIN;

EID: 80054061103     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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