@inproceedings{5b177ffb04344c48a8d32db5d5f0a068,
title = "How calcifications affect shear wave speed estimations? An experimental study",
abstract = "In this study, comb-push ultrasound shear elastography was the method used to investigate the effect of calcifications on shear wave elastography estimates. The study was divided in two parts. The first part included a finite element method (FEM) simulation to observe closely the effect of calcifications on shear-wave elastography. The second part involved two phantom experiments to investigate the changes of shear wave speed in presence of macro and microcalcifications. Results from the phantom studies showed that the presence of large isolated macrocalcifications can introduce areas with apparent high stiffness mainly below the calcification when they are evaluated by shear wave elastography.",
keywords = "Calcification, Elastography, Shear Wave, Ultrasound",
author = "Adriana Gregory and Qiang Bo and Mahdi Bayat and Max Denis and Mohammad Mehrmohammadi and Mostafa Fatemi and Azra Alizad",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015 ; Conference date: 21-10-2015 Through 24-10-2015",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1109/ULTSYM.2015.0477",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015",
}