Determining the temperature distribution of a model vessel wall under pulsed laser irradiation: An experimental attempt to measure fibrous cap thickness and detect temperature elevation in atherosclerotic lesions

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 492-495

  Matsui, Takemi ^a   Arai, Tsunenori ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^a   Suzuki, Minoru ^b   Ishizuka, Toshiaki ^a   Kikuchi, Makoto ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefectural College of Nursing   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atheromatous core; Inflammation; Pulsed laser; Temperature distribution; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THREE-LAYER PHANTOM AGAR MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; LASER; PHANTOM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AORTA; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0035070398     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.915717     Document Type: Article

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