Optical-flow-based b-mode elastography: Application in the hypertensive rat carotid

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 570-578

  Zakaria, Toufik ^a,b   Qin, Zhao ^a,b   Maurice, Roch Listz ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

B mode elastography; Carotid artery; Engineered rat models; Hypertension; Optical flow equations; Small animal imaging; Strain tensor

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENGINEERED RAT MODELS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; STRAIN TENSOR;

ANIMALS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KINEMATICS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NUTRITION; OPTICAL FLOWS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RATS; SPECKLE; STRAIN GAGES; TENSORS;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RAT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSGENIC RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED DAHL; RATS, TRANSGENIC; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 76249129120     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2038694     Document Type: Article

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