Measurement of the transverse strain tensor in the coronary arterial wall from clinical intravascular ultrasound images

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2906-2911

  Liang, Yun ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Gehrig, Thomas ^b   Friedman, Morton H ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac phase; Coronary artery; Image registration; Intravascular ultrasound; Transverse strain tensor; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CARDIAC PHASE; CORONARY ARTERY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; TRANSVERSE STRAIN TENSOR; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 53149109308     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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