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Ultrasound elastography: principles and techniques.

J. Gennisson, T. Deffieux, M. Fink, M. Tanter

2013.5.1Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.01.022

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The principles of elastographic techniques are introduced and a technical summary for the main elastography techniques are given: from quasi-static methods that require a static compression of the tissue to dynamic methods that uses the propagation of mechanical waves in the body.

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GENNISSON, J., et al. Ultrasound elastography: Principles and techniques. Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 2013, 94 5: 487–95.