Layer-Dependent Variation in the Anisotropy of Apparent Integrated Backscatter from Human Coronary Arteries

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 632-641

  Hoffman, Joseph J ^a   Johnson, Benjamin L ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a   Fedewa, Russell J ^b   Nair, Anuja ^b   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Volcano Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic microscopy; Adventitia; Anisotropy; Atherosclerosis; Backscatter; Coronary; Forward looking; Intima; IVUS; Media

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ADVENTITIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACKSCATTER; CORONARY; FORWARD-LOOKING; INTIMA; IVUS; MEDIA;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

HEART;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79952735418     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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