Ultrasound characterization of coronary artery wall in vitro using temperature-dependent wave speed

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1474-1485

  Pereira, Fernando R ^b   Machado, João C ^c   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; MICROSCOPES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY WALL; DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SUBSTITUTION METHOD; ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPE;

ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0442279553     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1251131     Document Type: Article

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