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POINT SWE [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ultrasonography
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

Point shear wave elastography (pSWE) [is] dependent on the dynamic stress [of acoustic radiation force impulse, and] focuses on a single focal location ... pSWE utilizes B-mode [brightness mode] ultrasound to directly visualize and select the region of interest ... pSWE can easily be performed on a conventional ultrasound machine ... with no need for any special probe or machinery, but it does not have the ability to showcase images of tissue stiffness.

Key term(s)
  • point shearwave elastography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ultrasonographie
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

Dans le cas de l'élastographie par ondes de cisaillement ponctuelles (pSWE) [...], une force de radiation acoustique (ARFI) est utilisée pour générer les ondes de cisaillement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
CONT

In addition to snow pillows, radioisotope snow gauges, as a non-destructive approach to sampling, can continuously measure SWE [snow water equivalent] and the density profile using a natural radiation source and detector. The method is based on the natural gamma radiation attenuated by snow for a point, a series of points, and a traverse over a region.

Key term(s)
  • radio-isotope snow gauge
  • radioisotope snow gage
  • radio-isotope snow gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques

Spanish

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