Title :
System for real-time elastography
Author :
Pesavento, A. ; Lorenz, A. ; Ermert, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany
fDate :
5/27/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A system is presented that continuously displays images of the strain distribution with up to 5 frame/s obtained by manually or semi-manually compressing or releasing the tissue during an ultrasound examination. The RF-echo data are sampled by a conventional desktop PC and images of the axial strain are calculated using the fast phase root seeking technique. Up to five elastograms per second of a tissue region of approximately 3.7 cm ×3.5 cm are displayed.
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; RF-echo data; axial strain; phase root seeking technique; real-time elastography; strain distribution; tissue region; ultrasound examination;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990614
