Measurement of the ultrasonic properties of human coronary arteries in vitro with a 50-MHz acoustic microscope

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 895-903

  Machado, J C ^a   Foster, F S ^b   Gotlieb, A I ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic microscopy; Coronary artery wall; Integrated backscatter coefficient; Ultrasound tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATION; AUTOPSY; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIFFRACTION; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036703925     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2002000800006     Document Type: Review

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