Arterial vulnerable plaque characterization using ultrasound-induced thermal strain imaging (TSI)

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Kim, Kang ^a   Huang, Sheng Wen ^a   Hall, Timothy L ^a   Witte, Russell S ^a   Chenevert, Thomas L ^c   O'Donnell, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular plaque characterization; Thermal strain imaging; Ultrasound induced thermal strain imaging

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

CARDIOVASCULAR PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION; SPECKLE TRACKING; THERMAL STRAIN IMAGING (TSI); ULTRASOUND-INDUCED THERMAL STRAIN IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADVENTITIA; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEAT; HEATING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; MICROSCOPE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 37349036255     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.900565     Document Type: Article

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