Ultrasound elastography: Advantages, limitations and artefacts of the different techniques from a study on a phantom

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-501

  Franchi Abella, S ^a,b   Elie, C ^c   Correas, J M ^b,c  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Phantom; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84892603887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.01.024     Document Type: Short Survey

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