Intraluminal ultrasonic palpation: assessment of local and cross-sectional tissue stiffness

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 385-396

  Cespedes E I ^a   De Korte, C L ^a   Van Der Steen, A F W ^a,b  

^a Endosonics Corporation   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atheroma; Compliance; Echogenicity; Elasticity; Palpogram; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ECHOGENICITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COMPLIANCE; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0343729905     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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