Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging with Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification: Measurements of Normal Breast Tissue and Dependence on the Degree of Pre-compression

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2226-2232

  Wojcinski, Sebastian ^a   Brandhorst, Kathrin ^b   Sadigh, Gelareh ^c   Hillemanns, Peter ^a   Degenhardt, Friedrich ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Breast; Elastography; Shear wave velocity; Virtual Touch tissue quantification

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; BREAST; ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; VIRTUAL TOUCH;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VIRTUAL TOUCH TISSUE QUANTIFICATION;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; BREAST; ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; VIRTUAL TOUCH TISSUE QUANTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887823563     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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