Maximum likelihood estimation of Young's modulus in transient elastography with unknown line-of-sight orientation

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1108-1111

  Charbit, M ^a   Angelini, E D ^a   Audiere, S ^b  

^a INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^b Echosens   (France)

Author keywords

Green's function; liver fibrosis; maximum likelihood estimator; shear wave; tissue elasticity; transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANNOTATED DATABASE; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; LINE OF SIGHT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MECHANICAL STRESS; ML ESTIMATION; ML ESTIMATORS; PARAMETRIC MODELS; PHANTOM OBJECTS; RF SIGNAL; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SIMULATED DATA; TIME DELAY MODEL; TISSUE ELASTICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; STRESSES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 84864862845     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2012.6235753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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