Noninvasive Two-Dimensional Strain Imaging of Arteries: Validation in Phantoms and Preliminary Experience in Carotid Arteries In Vivo

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-540

  Ribbers, Hermine ^a   Lopata, Richard G P ^a   Holewijn, Suzanne ^a   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^b   Blankensteijn, Jan D ^a   de Korte, Chris L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2D strain; Carotid; Elastography; Noninvasive; Plaque characterization; Strain; Ultrasound; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WATER TANKS;

2D STRAIN; CAROTIDS; ELASTOGRAPHY; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33947523784     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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