The effect of variations in transducer position and sound speed in intravascular ultrasound: A theoretical study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 719-734

  Thompson, R S ^a   Wilson, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Refraction; Speed of sound; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; ULTRASONIC REFRACTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; ARBITRARY NONCIRCULAR LUMEN SHAPES; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LUMEN; CARDIOID LIKE CURVE; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; IMAGE GEOMETRY; IMPEDANCE INTERFACE; INTRAVASCULAR INSONATION; RAY APPROXIMATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0029797499     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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