Tissue equivalent vessel phantoms for intravascular ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-273

  Ryan, Linda K ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic tissue characterization; Arterial elasticity; Arterial vessel phantom; Intravascalar ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; TISSUE;

TISSUE EQUIVALENT ARTERIAL VESSEL PHANTOM; TRANSMURAL PRESSURE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART FUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030964904     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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