Imaging of atherosclerotic plaque using radiofrequency ultrasound signal processing

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 831-840

  Carlier, Stéphane G ^a,b   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Stone, Gregg W ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845412023     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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