Intravascular Ultrasound Area Strain Imaging Used to Characterize Tissue Components and Assess Vulnerability of Atherosclerotic Plaques in a Rabbit Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1579-1587

  Hu, Xiao Bo ^a   Zhang, Peng Fei ^a   Su, Hai Jun ^b   Yi, Xin ^c   Chen, Liang ^a   Rong, Yuan Yuan ^a   Zhang, Ke ^a   Li, Xuan ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Sun, Chun Li ^a   Cai, Xiao Jun ^d   Li, Li ^d   Song, Jian Tao ^a   Dai, Xiao Min ^c   Sui, Xiao Di ^c   Zhang, Yun ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing JX Digital Wave Co Ltd   (China)

^d JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Area strain; Atherosclerotic plaque; Intravascular ultrasound; Rabbit model; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AREA UNDER THE CURVES; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; IN-SITU; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGES; NEW ZEALAND RABBITS; RABBIT MODEL; RABBIT MODELS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STRAIN IMAGING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE COMPONENTS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

CHARACTERIZATION; COLLAGEN; IMAGE MATCHING; MACROPHAGES; TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACROPHAGES; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052882371     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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