A method to measure shear strain with high spatial resolution in thearterial wall non-invasively in vivo by tracking zero-crossings of B-modeintensity gradients

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 491-494

  Nilsson, Tobias ^a   Ahlgren, Åsa Rydén ^b   Jansson, Tomas ^a   Persson, Hans W ^a   Nilsson, Jan ^b   Lindström, Kjell ^a   Cinthio, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carotid artery; longitudinal movement; non invasive ultrasound; shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; CARDIAC CYCLES; CAROTID ARTERY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMPROVED METHODS; IN-VIVO; LINEAR DISTRIBUTION; LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS; MAXIMUM SHEARS; NON-INVASIVE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; ZERO-CROSSINGS; ECHO-TRACKING; INTENSITY GRADIENTS; NON-LINEAR;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; STATISTICS; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

EID: 80054070995     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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