In vivo vascular wall tissue characterization using a strain tensor measuring (STM) technique for flow-mediated vasodilation analyses

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6217-6238

  Mahmoud, Ahmed M ^a   Frisbee, Jefferson C ^b   D'Audiffret, Alexandre ^b   Mukdadi, Osama M ^a,b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL DIAMETER; ARTERIAL WALL; AVERAGE ERRORS; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; BLOCK MATCHING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; KEY FACTORS; LOCAL STRAINS; LOCAL VELOCITY; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; NON-INVASIVE; PHANTOM STUDIES; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA; REGION OF INTEREST; SPECKLE TRACKING; STM TECHNIQUE; STRAIN TENSOR; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND MACHINES; VASCULAR MECHANICS; VASCULAR WALL; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRESSES; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 70449131052     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/20/012     Document Type: Article

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