A novel fast full inversion based breast ultrasound elastography technique

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2219-2233

  Karimi, Hirad ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^b,c   Samani, Abbas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ULTRASOUND; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; SOFTWARE AND HARDWARES; STRESS CALCULATIONS; THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84875342931     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/7/2219     Document Type: Article

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