Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping
@article{Bercoff2004SupersonicSI, title={Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping}, author={Jeremy Bercoff and Michael Tanter and Mathias Fink}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control}, year={2004}, volume={51}, pages={396-409} }
Supersonic shear imaging (SSI) is a new ultrasound-based technique for real-time visualization of soft tissue viscoelastic properties. Using ultrasonic focused beams, it is possible to remotely generate mechanical vibration sources radiating low-frequency, shear waves inside tissues. Relying on this concept, SSI proposes to create such a source and make it move at a supersonic speed. In analogy with the "sonic boom" created by a supersonic aircraft, the resulting shear waves will interfere…
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