Intravascular elasticity imaging using ultrasound: Feasibility studies in phantoms

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 735-746

  De Korte, Chris L ^a   Céspedes, E Ignacio ^a,b,c   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b   Lancée, Charles T ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Endosonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Elastography; Intravascular ultrasound; Strain; Tissue mimicking material

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PHANTOMS; TISSUE MIMICKING MATERIAL;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030825419     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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