Angle dependence of intravascular ultrasound imaging and its feasibility in tissue characterization of human atherosclerotic tissue

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 476-481

  Hiro, Takafumi ^b   Leung, Cyril Y ^b   Karimi, Houshang ^b   Farvid, Ali R ^b   Tobis, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0033015876     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70495-3     Document Type: Article

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