Noninvasive detection of intimal xanthoma using combined ultrasound, strain rate and photoacoustic imaging

Ultrasonics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-441

  Graf, Iulia M ^a   Kim, Seungsoo ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Smalling, Richard ^b   Emelianov, Stanislav ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intimal xanthoma; Photoacoustics; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; CAROTID ARTERY; CROSS CORRELATIONS; EX-VIVO; FLUENCES; FRAME RATE; IMAGING MODALITY; INTIMAL XANTHOMA; LIPID POOLS; LONGITUDINAL SECTION; NANOSECOND PULSED LASER; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; NON-INVASIVE DETECTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; ULTRASOUND DATA; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; STRAIN; TISSUE; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN RATE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; RABBIT; SPECTROSCOPY; VASCULAR DISEASE; XANTHOMATOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR DISEASES; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 84855557280     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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