Measurement of the 3D arterial wall strain tensor using intravascular b-mode ultrasound images: A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 6377-6394

  Liang, Yun ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Friedman, Morton H ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D STRAIN; 3-D DISPLACEMENT; 3D STRAIN; ARTERIAL WALL; ARTERIAL WALL MECHANICS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE; CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE VOLUME; INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; LONGITUDINAL STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STRETCH; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MOTION TRACKING ALGORITHMS; NONRIGID IMAGE REGISTRATION; PRESSURE INCREASE; RIGOROUS ANALYSIS; STRAIN TENSOR; SYSTEMATIC NOISE; VESSEL SEGMENTS; VESSEL WALLS;

IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78149383886     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/21/003     Document Type: Article

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