Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1352-1366 , August 2009

Effects of Various Parameters on Lateral Displacement Estimation in Ultrasound Elastography

  • Jianwen Luo

      Affiliations

    • Ultrasound and Elasticity Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Elisa E. Konofagou

      Affiliations

    • Ultrasound and Elasticity Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elisa E. Konofagou, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, mail code 8904, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027.

Received 8 September 2008 ,Revised 18 February 2009 ,Accepted 3 March 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00101-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.001

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1352-1366 , August 2009

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