Comb-push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE): A novel and fast technique for shear elasticity imaging

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1842-1845

  Song, Pengfei ^a   Urban, Matthew W ^a   Manduca, Armando ^a   Zhao, Heng ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a   Chen, Shigao ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic radiation force; breast and liver; comb push; CUSE; in vivo human biceps muscle; shear wave elasticity imaging; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; COMB PUSHES; CUSE; ELASTICITY IMAGING; IN-VIVO; THYROID;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MUSCLE; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84882335321     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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