Strain imaging with Intravascular Ultrasound array scanners: Validation with phantom experiments

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Perrey, C ^a   Braeker, G ^a   Bojara, W ^b   Lindstaedt, M ^b   Holt, S ^b   Ermert, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary plaque; Intravascular ultrasound; Phantom experiments; Strain imaging; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CORONARY SYSTEM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AGAR; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 0037841471     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2003.48.5.135     Document Type: Article

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