Prediction of mechanical properties of human atherosclerotic tissue by high-frequency intravascular ultrasound imaging an in vitro study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 1-5

  Lee, Richard T ^a,b   Geoffrey Richardson, S ^c   Loree, Howard M ^b   Grodzinsky, Alan J ^b   Gharib, Sina A ^a   Schoen, Frederick J ^a   Pandian, Natesa ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Stiffness; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026567514     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.12.1.1     Document Type: Article

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