Curl-based finite element reconstruction of the shear modulus without assuming local homogeneity: Time harmonic case

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2189-2199

  Honarvar, Mohammad ^a   Sahebjavaher, Ramin ^a   Sinkus, Ralph ^b   Rohling, Robert ^a   Salcudean, Septimiu E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic elastography; Finite element method (FEM); Inverse problem; Magnetic resonance elastography; Medical imaging; Sparsity regularization

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE-ELEMENT RECONSTRUCTION; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPARSITY REGULARIZATIONS; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR STRAIN; WAVE EQUATIONS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SHEAR MODULUS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84890318729     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2013.2276060     Document Type: Article

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