Study of ultrasound stiffness imaging methods using tissue mimicking phantoms

Ultrasonics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 621-631

  Manickam, Kavitha ^a   Machireddy, Ramasubba Reddy ^a   Seshadri, Suresh ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b MediScan Systems Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic characterization; Elastic characterization; Elastography; Tissue mimicking phantom; Ultrasound stiffness imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ALGAE; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; CONTRAST-TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ELASTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ARTICLE; ELASTIC CHARACTERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND STIFFNESS IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND STIFFNESS IMAGING;

EID: 84888867260     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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