Real-time 1-D/2-D transient elastography on a standard ultrasound scanner using mechanically induced vibration

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2167-2177

  Azar, Reza Zahiri ^a   Dickie, Kris ^a   Pelissier, Laurent ^a  

^a Ultrasonix Medical Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPONENTS; ELASTICITY RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING MODES; INDUCED VIBRATIONS; INTERNAL SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE ELASTICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT SHEAR; TRANSIENT WAVES; ULTRAFAST SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SCANNING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; VIBRATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; VIBRATION;

EID: 84869470657     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2443     Document Type: Article

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