Quantitative Assessment of Arterial Wall Biomechanical Properties Using Shear Wave Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1662-1676

  Couade, Mathieu ^a   Pernot, Mathieu ^b   Prada, Claire ^b   Messas, Emmanuel ^c,d   Emmerich, Joseph ^c   Bruneval, Patrick ^c   Criton, Aline ^a   Fink, Mathias ^b   Tanter, Mickael ^b  

^a SUPERSONIC IMAGINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Arterial stiffness; Elastography; Ultrasound; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIOMECHANICS; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77956651821     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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