Minute roughness measurement using phase tracking for arterial wall diagnosis non-invasively in vivo

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 997-1000

  Cinthio, Magnus ^a   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^b   Kanai, Hiroshi ^b  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial wall; Atherosclerosis; Ruggedness

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICONES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ARTERIAL WALL; ARTERIAL WALLS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IN-VIVO; PHANTOM STUDIES; PHASE TRACKING; RISK FACTORS; RUGGEDNESS;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

EID: 48149089137     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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