Simulation Model for Assessing Quality of Ultrasound Strain Estimation in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 889-896

  Brekken, Reidar ^a,b   Muller, Sébastien ^b   Gjerald, Sjur U ^a   Hernes, Toril A Nagelhus ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Biomechanics; Simulation; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ANGLE-DEPENDENT; CIRCUMFERENTIAL VARIATION; EVALUATING METHOD; GAUSSIAN WHITE NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; NONLINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SPECKLE PATTERNS; STRAIN ESTIMATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND SIMULATION; WALL MODEL; WALL MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; ESTIMATION; SPECKLE; STRAIN; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; AORTIC WALL MOTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND STRAIN; VISCOELASTICITY; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84859423433     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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