Reduction of influence of decrease in signal-to-noise ratio in measurement of change in thickness of arterial wall due to heartbeat

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

Volumn 39, Issue 5 B, 2000, Pages 3257-3261

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

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Change in thickness of arterial wall; Phase shift; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTERIAL WALLS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0033721716     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.3257     Document Type: Article

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