A review of Shearwave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry (SDUV) and its applications

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  Urban, Matthew W ^a   Chen, Shigao ^a   Fatemi, Mostafa ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Radiation force; Shear waves; Ultrasound; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SHEARWAVE DISPERSION ULTRASOUND VIBROMETRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SWINE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84863116057     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: 18756506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340512799220625     Document Type: Review

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