Characterisation of atherosclerotic plaque by spectral analysis of intravascular ultrasound: An in vitro methodology

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-203

  Spencer, Timothy ^a,b   Ramo, M Pauliina ^a   Salter, Donald M ^a   Anderson, Tom ^a   Kearney, Peter P ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a   Fox, Keith A A ^a   McDicken, W Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computer assisted signal processing; Coronary disease; Histology; Interventional ultrasonography; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque; Radio frequency; Spectral analysis; Tissue characterisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CADAVER; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

BANDWIDTH; CALCIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; FIBROTIC TISSUE; POSTMORTEM CORONARY ARTERIES; REGIONS OF INTEREST (ROI);

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 0030938070     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00199-8     Document Type: Article

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