Harmonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2347-2358

  Doherty, Joshua R ^a   Dahl, Jeremy J ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; CLUTTER SUPPRESSION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; NORMALIZED CROSS-CORRELATION; PULSE-INVERSION TECHNIQUE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); ELASTICITY; FACE RECOGNITION; IMAGE QUALITY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84887280795     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.6644738     Document Type: Article

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