Application of 1-d transient elastography for the shear modulus assessment of thin-layered soft tissue: Comparison with supersonic shear imaging technique

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-714

  Brum, Javier ^a   Gennisson, Jean Luc ^b   Nguyen, Thu Mai ^b   Benech, Nicolas ^a   Fink, Mathias ^b   Tanter, Mickael ^b   Negreira, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSION MODELS; DISPERSIVE EFFECTS; ELASTICITY ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE SIMULATIONS; GOLD STANDARDS; SHEAR WAVE SPEED; SHEAR WAVE SPEED ESTIMATION; SOFT TISSUE; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RATING; SHEAR STRAIN; SPEED; TISSUE;

SHEAR WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84860457456     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2248     Document Type: Article

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