Intravascular ultrasound tissue harmonic imaging: A simulation study

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Frijlink, M E ^a   Goertz, D E ^a,b   Bouakaz, A ^c   van der Steen, A F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasound; Nonlinear; Simulation; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TISSUE;

FREQUENCY SUPPRESSION; INTER-PULSE ANGLES; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845690138     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.06.044     Document Type: Article

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