Acoustic radiation force elasticity imaging in diagnostic ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 685-701

  Doherty, Joshua R ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a   Nightingale, Kathryn R ^a   Palmeri, Mark L ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE METRICS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SOFT TISSUE MECHANICS; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT; ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ELASTICITY;

BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84875865704     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2617     Document Type: Article

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