Reduction of stent artifacts using high-frequency harmonic ultrasound imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1335-1342

  Frijlink, M E ^a   Goertz, D E ^a,b   Van Der Steen, A F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

High frequency; Intravascular ultrasound; Nonlinear ultrasound; Stent; Tissue harmonic imaging; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHONES; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

HIGH-FREQUENCY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONLINEAR ULTRASOUND; STENT; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING; ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BIOMICROSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TRANSDUCER;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; STENTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 26444463018     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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