Three-dimensional forward-viewing intravascular ultrasound imaging of human arteries in vitro

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 969-982

  Gatzoulis, Loukianos ^a   Watson, Robin J ^a   Jordan, Lee B ^a   Pye, Stephen D ^a   Anderson, Tom ^a   Uren, Neal ^b   Salter, Donald M ^a   Fox, Keith A A ^c   McDicken, W Norman ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forward viewing; Intravascular ultrasound; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; DATA ACQUISITION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING;

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS) TECHNIQUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY; CATHETER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034894215     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00371-4     Document Type: Article

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