Ultrasound backscatter tensor imaging (BTI): Analysis of the spatial coherence of ultrasonic speckle in anisotropic soft tissues

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 986-996

  Papadacci, Clement ^a,b   Tanter, Mickael ^a   Pernot, Mathieu ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MUSCLE; PROBES; SCANNING; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; LINEAR TRANSDUCER ARRAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PHASED ARRAY PROBES; ULTRASONIC SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTER;

FIBERS;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; BOVINAE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART VENTRICLES; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84901448656     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.2994     Document Type: Article

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