Characterization of atherosclerotic plaques and mural thrombi with intravascular ultrasound elastography: A potential method evaluated in an aortic rabbit model and a human coronary artery

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-298

  Maurice, Roch Listz ^a,b   Fromageau, Jérémie ^a   Cardinal, Marie Hélène Roy ^a   Doyley, Marvin ^c,d   de Muinck, Ebo ^d   Robb, John ^d   Cloutier, Guy ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Intravascular endovascular elastography (EVE); Lagrangian speckle model estimator (LSME); Rabbit model of atherosclerosis; Scaling factor estimator (SFE); Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CATHETERS; HISTOLOGY;

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS); INTRAVASCULAR/ENDOVASCULAR ELASTOGRAPHY; LAGRANGIAN SPECKLE MODEL ESTIMATOR (LSME); PLAQUE RUPTURE; STRAIN ELASTOGRAM;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AORTIC DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 44449120904     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2008.917905     Document Type: Article

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