Frequency-domain-based strain estimation and high-frame-rate imaging for quasi-static elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 817-824

  Ramalli, Alessandro ^a   Basset, Olivier ^b   Cachard, Christian ^b   Boni, Enrico ^a   Tortoli, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MOTIONS; AXIAL STRAIN; DECORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; ECHO SIGNALS; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FRAME-RATE; QUASI-STATIC; STRAIN ESTIMATION; TIME SHIFTS; TISSUE COMPRESSION; ULTRASOUND PROBES;

MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84860459916     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2260     Document Type: Article

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