Ultrasonic integrated backscatter coefficient profiling of human coronary arteries in vitro

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-27

  Machado, Joâo C ^a,b   Foster, F Stuart ^c  

^a IEEE

^b GOPPE Pcderal University of Rio do Janeiro   (Brazil)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENT;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTIMA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034745841     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.895900     Document Type: Article

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