Sonography and quantitative measurements: A preliminary study of coronary artery wall topography and mechanical properties

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Jorgensen C S ^a,c   Knauss, D ^b   Hager, H ^a   Briggs, G A D ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LENSES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE;

CORONARY ARTERY WALL; HISTOLOGY; HOOKE LAW; PIGS; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; SONOGRAPHY; TUNICA EXTERNA;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030051588     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.482792     Document Type: Article

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