Real-time plaque characterization and visualization with spectral analysis of intravascular ultrasound data

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2005, Pages 300-320

  Nair, Anuja ^a   Klingensmith, Jon D ^a   Vince, D Geoffrey ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; color plaque maps; Intravascular ultrasound; radiofrequency backscatter; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; COLOR PLAQUES; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MINIMALLY INVASIVE IMAGING; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATIONS; PROGRESSIVE ACCUMULATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33748208812     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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