ARFI Imaging for Noninvasive Material Characterization of Atherosclerosis Part II: Toward In Vivo Characterization

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-295

  Behler, Russell H ^a   Nichols, Timothy C ^b   Zhu, Hongtu ^c   Merricks, Elizabeth P ^b   Gallippi, Caterina M ^a  

^a USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Atherosclerosis; Characterization; Collagen; Detection; Elastin; Pig model; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DETECTION; ELASTIN; PIG MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECOVERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HIGH FIBER DIET; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE;

EID: 58349097873     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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