Elastography: A decade of progress (2000-2010)

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-312

  Ophir, Jonathan ^a   Srinivasan, Seshadri ^b   Righetti, Raffaella ^c   Thittai, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ZONARE Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial shear strain elastography; Birads; Breast cancer; Elasticity; Elastograms; Elastography; Fibroadenoma; Nassa; Poisson's ratio; Poroelastography; Strain estimator; Strain imaging; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ALGORITHM; BREAST LESION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POROELASTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

EID: 80055116972     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: 18756506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340511798038693     Document Type: Review

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