Discrepancies in reporting tissue material properties

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 886-888

  Urban, Matthew W ^a   Nenadic, Ivan Z ^a   Chen, Shigao ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 84878047137     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.886     Document Type: Letter

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