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Keywords: Acoustic signal processing; Acoustics; Algorithms; Array signal processing; Beamforming; Biological and medical sciences; Biological tissues; Cardiovascular system; Coherence; Data acquisition; Data visualization; Digital cameras; Elasticity; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Exact sciences and technology; Female; Frames; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Humans; Image contrast; Image Enhancement - methods; Image quality; Image resolution; Imaging; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Mathematical models; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous. Technology; Models, Statistical; Models, Theoretical; Physics; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Transduction; acoustical devices for the generation and reproduction of sound; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Mammary; Viscosity; Averaging method; B scan; Ultrasound imaging; Noise reduction; Elastic wave; Modeling; Beam forming; Tissue; Acoustic antenna; Model test; Acoustic image; Elastography; Ultrasound; Human; Transient response; Experimental study; Real time; Color image; Wave transmission; Echography; Plane wave; Medical imagery; S wave; Hemodynamics; Signal to noise ratio