Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 57-66 , January 2007

Normal and shear strain estimation using beam steering on linear-array transducers

  • M. Rao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Q. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • H. Shi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • T. Varghese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tomy Varghese, Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
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  • E.L. Madsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • J.A. Zagzebski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • T.A. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA

Received 23 February 2006 ,Revised 30 June 2006 ,Accepted 13 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.027

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Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 57-66 , January 2007

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