Ultrasound imaging for arterial wall thickness measurement: An in vitro study with stereomicroscopic correlation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 833-839

  Raninen, Reino O ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Femoral artery; In vitro; Intima; Media; Ultrasonography; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

STEREOMICROSCOPIC CORRELATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0032126903     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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