A pulsating coronary vessel phantom for two- and three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound studies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 621-628

  Nadkarni, Seemantini K ^a,b   Austin, Hillary ^a   Mills, Greg ^a   Boughner, Derek ^a,b,c   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary; Intravascular ultrasound; Lumen area; Phantom; Polyvinyl alcohol; Pulsation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SERVOMOTORS; TISSUE;

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING (IVUS);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0038401196     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00730-5     Document Type: Article

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