A Texture Matching Method Considering Geometric Transformations in Noninvasive Ultrasonic Measurement of Arterial Elasticity

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 524-533

  Niu, Lili ^a   Qian, Ming ^a   Song, Ruibo ^a   Meng, Long ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Zheng, Hairong ^a  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial elasticity; Atherosclerosis; Elasticity imaging; Geometric transformations; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; ARTERIAL WALL MOVEMENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B-MODE IMAGES; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTICITY IMAGING; GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MATCHING METHODS; MECHANICAL TESTS; NON-INVASIVE ULTRASONIC; SIMULATED IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE TEXTURE; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ROTATION; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEXTURE MATCHING METHOD; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862823390     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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