A review of the mathematical and computational foundations of biomechanical imaging

Computational Modeling in Biomechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 375-408

  Barbone, Paul E ^a   Oberai, Assad A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical Imaging; Computational Methods; Elasticity Imaging; Inverse Problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889954249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3575-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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