A human skin ultrasonic imaging to analyse its mechanical properties

European Journal of Computational Mechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Delalleau, Alexandre ^a,b   Josse, Gwendal ^b   George, Jérôme ^b   Mofid, Yassine ^c   Ossant, Frédéric ^c   Lagarde, Jean Michel ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Elastography; Finite elements; Inverse method; Skin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOUR LAWS; COMPLEXES STRUCTURE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT; HUMAN SKIN; INVERSE METHODS; KEYPOINTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL RESULTS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 84860777175     PISSN: 26422085     EISSN: 26422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ejcm.18.105-116     Document Type: Article

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