Visualizing the radial and circumferential strain distribution within vessel phantoms using synthetic-aperture ultrasound elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1639-1653

  Korukonda, Sanghamithra ^a   Doyley, Marvin M ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELEMENTS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; NON-INVASIVE ELASTOGRAPHY; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; ULTRASOUND DATA; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; VESSEL PHANTOM;

MEDICAL IMAGING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; YOUNG MODULUS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84865335163     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2370     Document Type: Article

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