Review of ultrasound elastography quality control and training test phantoms

Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Cournane, S ^a   Fagan, A J ^a   Browne, J E ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elastography; Physics and engineering; Quality assurance (QA); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856796548     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ult.2011.011033     Document Type: Review

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