Quantitative imaging of nonlinear shear modulus by combining static elastography and shear wave elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-839

  Latorre Ossa, Heldmuth ^a   Gennisson, Jean Luc ^a   De Brosses, Emilie ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; NON-LINEARITY; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT-SOLID; STATIC STRESS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84860439403     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2262     Document Type: Article

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