Feasibility of a novel blood noise reduction algorithm to enhance reproducibility of ultra-high-frequency intravascular ultrasound images

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1657-1663

  Hibi, Kiyoshi ^a   Takagi, Atsushi ^a   Zhang, Xiangmin ^b   Teo, Tat Jin ^b   Bonneau, Heidi N ^c   Yock, Paul G ^a   Fitzgerald, Peter J ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Highlands Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Imaging; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034601752     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.14.1657     Document Type: Article

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