Ultrasound-based radial and longitudinal strain estimation of the carotid artery: A feasibility study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2244-2251

  Larsson, Matilda ^a,b   Kremer, Florence ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^c   Brodin, Lars Ake ^b   D'Hooge, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN-SILICO; IN-VIVO; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION;

ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 80054080473     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2074     Document Type: Article

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