Principles of ultrasound elastography

Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-15

  Hoskins, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastography; Shear wave; Shear wave imaging; Shear wave spectroscopy; Strain elastography; Viscoelasticity; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856783999     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ult.2011.011005     Document Type: Review

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