Characterisation of coronary atherosclerotic morphology by spectral analysis of radiofrequency signal: In vitro intravascular ultrasound study with histological and radiological validation

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 459-467

  Moore, M P ^a,d   Spencer, T ^a   Salter, D M ^a   Kearney, P P ^a   Shaw, T R D ^a   Starkey, I R ^a   Fitzgerald, P J ^b   Erbel, R ^c   Lange, A ^a   McDicken, N W ^a   Sutherland, G R ^a   Fox, K A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasound; Radiofrequency data; Spectral analysis; Tissue characterisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 7144256505     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.5.459     Document Type: Article

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