… related to estimating the deformation of the tissue when an external force is applied [10], [11].
Recent work has shown success in performing ultrasound elastography using different …

… Unlike the 2-D kernel techniques, our goal was to obtain displacement estimates in the lateral
… The resulting resolution of displacement estimate allows us to obtain a strain image with …

… the assumptions of measurement conditions and tissue properties. Thus, we need to know
the basic principles of elastography methods and the physics of tissue elastic properties, and …

… High-resolution, local tissue displacement estimation by … The feasibility of intravascular
elastography with this … the potential of intravascular elastography to obtain mechanical …

… The limited information about the elastic properties of tissue … of elastography, since we
attempt to image a tissue parameter … of tissue may be correlated with changes in tissue stiffness. …

… To address these issues, our group [30] proposed an unconstrained full inversion algorithm
for ultrasound elastography. The method was validated by tissue mimicking phantom studies …

… Ultrasound elastography is a recently developed ultrasound-based method which … evaluation
of the mechanical properties of tissue. Strain (compression) ultrasound elastography is the …

… estimates slow deformation of tissue due to an approximately constant force [3]–… elastography,
our work is based on free-hand palpation elastography. Free-hand palpation elastography …

… algorithms use this displacement data to generate images of the tissue elasticity properties.
… on the accuracy of the tissue displacement estimation. Tissue incompressibility can be used …

… Ultrasound elastography [1] detects abnormalities of a tissue such as breast tumor, … tissue
pathology is often accompanied by a change in the elastic behavior. Quasi-static elastography, …