Intravascular ultrasound elastography in human arteries: Initial experience in vitro

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-408

  De Korte, Chris L ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b   Céspedes, Ignacio ^a,c   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c Endosonics Corporation   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Human arteries; Intravascular ultrasound elastography; Plaque characterisation; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELASTICITY; TISSUE;

HUMAN ARTERIES; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION; STRAIN IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0032033822     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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