Accuracy evaluation in the measurement of a small change in the thickness of arterial walls and the measurement of elasticity of the human carotid artery

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 37, Issue 5 SUPPL. B, 1998, Pages 3101-3105

  Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshimiya, Nozomu ^a   Chubachi, Noriyoshi ^b   Koiwa, Yoshiro ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Small change in thickness; Small displacement; Small velocity signal

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ARTERIAL WALLS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN CAROTID ARTERY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032068604     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.37.3101     Document Type: Article

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