Development of an intravascular impedance catheter for detection of fatty lesions in arteries

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-446

  Konings, M K ^a,b   Th M Mali, W P ^b   Viergever, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b University Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheter; Electrical; Lesion; Lipid

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; LIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

INTRAVASCULAR IMPEDANCE CATHETER;

CATHETERS;

EID: 0031195395     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.611353     Document Type: Article

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