Characterisation of red and white thrombus by intravascular ultrasound using radiofrequency and videodensitometric data-based texture analysis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1195-1199

  Ramo, M Pauliina ^a   Spencer, Timothy ^b   Kearney, Peter P ^a   Shaw, Stuart T R D ^a   Starkey, Ian R ^a   McDicken, W Norman ^b   Fox, Keith A A ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Echocardiography; Intravascular ultrasound; Texture analysis; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; THROMBUS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBUS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030760666     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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