3-D ultrasonic strain imaging using freehand scanning and a mechanically-swept probe.
This paper compares 2 approaches to 3-D ultrasonic axial strain imaging: a tracked ultrasound probe swept manually over a volume, and a mechanically-swept 3-D probe. We find that high-quality data are more easily obtained using the 3-D probe, but the freehand approach may be more practical in certain scanning situations.
Housden
R J
RJ
Gee
A H
AH
Treece
G M
GM
Prager
R W
RW
D055119:Elastic Modulus; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016011:Normal Distribution; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods