Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1086-1097 , July 2007

Real-Time Shear Velocity Imaging Using Sonoelastographic Techniques

  • Kenneth Hoyt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Kenneth Hoyt, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, 203 Hopeman Building, Rochester, NY 14627 USA.
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  • Kevin J. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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  • Deborah J. Rubens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

Received 3 July 2006 ,Revised 16 October 2006 ,Accepted 16 January 2007.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00044-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1086-1097 , July 2007

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