Estimating Axial and Lateral Strain Using a Synthetic Aperture Elastographic Imaging System

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1893-1908

  Korukonda, Sanghamithra ^a   Doyley, Marvin M ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial; Beam forming; Displacement; Elastography; Lateral; Modulus reconstruction; Sparse arrays; Strain; Synthetic aperture

Indexed keywords

AXIAL; DISPLACEMENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; LATERAL; MODULUS RECONSTRUCTION; SPARSE ARRAYS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOFREQUENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; GELS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80054741461     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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