Technology description

Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping

J. Bercoff, M. Tanter, M. Fink

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2004 Apr;51(4):396-409.

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Sonic boom in soft materials: The elastic Cerenkov effect

J. Bercoff, M. Tanter, M. Fink

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, pp. 2202-2204, 2004

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Shear wave elasticity imaging: A new ultrasonic technology of medical diagnostics

A. P. Sarvazyan, O. V. Rudenko, S. D. Swanson, J. B. Fowlkes, S. Y. Emelianov

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 24, pp. 1419-1435, 1998.

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Technology applications:

High-resolution quantitative imaging of cornea elasticity using supersonic shear imaging.

Tanter M, Touboul D, Gennisson JL, Bercoff J, Fink M.

IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2009 Dec;28(12):1881-93. Epub 2009 May 5.

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Temperature dependence of the shear modulus of soft tissues assessed by ultrasound.

Sapin-de Brosses E, Gennisson JL, Pernot M, Fink M, Tanter M.

Phys Med Biol. 2010 Mar 21;55(6):1701-18. Epub 2010 Mar 2.

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Quantitative assessment of arterial wall biomechanical properties using shear wave imaging.

Couade M, Pernot M, Prada C, Messas E, Emmerich J, Bruneval P, Criton A, Fink M, Tanter M.

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2010 Oct;36(10):1662-76.

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In vivo quantitative mapping of myocardial stiffening and transmural anisotropy during the cardiac cycle.

Couade M, Pernot M, Messas E, Bel A, Ba M, Albert H, Fink M, Tanter M.

IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2010 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]

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Temperature estimation using ultrasonic spatial compound imaging

M. Pernot, M. Tanter, J. Bercoff, KR. Waters, M. Fink

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2004 May;51(5):606-15.

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Acoustoelasticity in soft solids: Assessment of the nonlinear shear modulus with the acoustic radiation force

J.-L. Gennisson,a M. Rénier, S. Catheline, C. Barrière, J. Bercoff, M. Tanter, and M. Fink

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122 [1]6, December 2007

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Nonlinear viscoelastic properties of tissue assessed by ultrasound

R. Sinkus, J. Bercoff, M. Tanter, JL. Gennisson, C. El-Khoury, V. Servois, A. Tardivon, M. Fink

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2006 Nov;53(11):2009-18.

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The role of viscosity in the impulse diffraction field of elastic waves induced by the acoustic radiation force

J. Bercoff, M. Tanter, M. Muller, M. Fink

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2004 Nov;51(11):1523-36.

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Ultrafast compound imaging for 2-D motion vector estimation: application to transient elastography

M. Tanter, J. Bercoff, L. Sandrin, M. Fink

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2002 Oct;49(10):1363-74.

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Monitoring thermally-induced lesions with supersonic shear imaging

J. Bercoff, M. Pernot, M. Tanter, and M. Fink

Ultrason Imaging. 2004 Apr;26(2):71-84 

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