Ultrasonic measurement of differential displacement and strain in a vascular model

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-38

  Ryan, L K ^a   Foster, F S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial elasticity; Crosscorrelation speckle tracking; Intravascular ultrasound imaging; Tissue displacement mapping

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MAPPING; PRESSURIZATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; DISPLACEMENT COMPONENTS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SPECKLE TRACKING; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VISCOELASTICITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030828450     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469701900102     Document Type: Article

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