Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 467-474 , April 2002

Elastic modulus measurements of human liver and correlation with pathology

  • Wen-Chun Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Pai-Chi Li

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Pai-Chi Li, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106
    • Departments of Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Ming Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hey-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po-Ling Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Meng-Lin Li

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Ming Yang

      Affiliations

    • Internal MedicineNational Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po Huang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 26 September 2001 ,Accepted 31 January 2002.

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