Ultrasound elastography: Principles and techniques

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 487-495

  Gennisson, J L ^a   Deffieux, T ^a   Fink, M ^a   Tanter, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic method; Impulse elastography; Quasi static method; Shear wave elastography; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

1D TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; 2D TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ACOUSTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR WAVE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84892606265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.01.022     Document Type: Short Survey

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