Classification of arterial plaque by spectral analysis of in vitro radio frequency intravascular ultrasound data

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-80

  Watson, Robin J ^a   McLean, Calum C ^a   Moore, M Pauliina ^a   Spencer, Timothy ^a   Salter, Donald M ^b   Anderson, Tom ^a   Fox, Keith A A ^a   McDicken, W Norman ^a  

^a Dept of Med Phys and Med Eng ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Classification; Intravascular ultrasound; Spectral analysis; Tissue characterisation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); LIPIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0033970753     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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