Strain imaging of coronary arteries with intraluminal ultrasound: Experiments on an inhomogeneous phantom

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-191

  Shapo, B M ^a   Crowe, J R ^a   Erkamp, R ^a   Emelianov, S Y ^a   Eberle, M J ^b   O'Donnell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Endosonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; catheter arrays; intraluminal imaging; synthetic aperture imaging; tissue elasticity

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CATHETERS; PHANTOMS; SOFT MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; ULTRASONICS;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM; INTRALUMINAL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE IMAGING; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY; TISSUE ELASTICITY; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

TISSUE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030471104     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/uimg.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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