Tissue Elasticity Imaging: Volume 1: Theory and Methods offers an extensive treatment of the fundamentals and applications of this ground-breaking diagnostic modality. This first volume introduces elasticity imaging and its history, and describes the fundamental physics and different elasticity imaging methods, implementation details, problems and artifacts. This book is an essential resource for all researchers and practitioners (including scientists, radiologists, urologists, fellows and residents) interested in any elasticity imaging modality.

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Tissue Elasticity Imaging: Volume 2: Clinical Applications offers an extensive treatment of the fundamentals and applications of this groundbreaking diagnostic modality. Techniques and results are presented for the assessment of breast, prostate, heart, liver and thyroid tissues. For each application, details are provided for how to perform each technique, along with methods of interpretation, diagnostic criteria, quality assurance, challenges and case studies. This book is an essential resource for all researchers and practitioners (including scientists, radiologists, urologists,...