Methods for robust in vivo strain estimation in the carotid artery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7329-7353

  McCormick, M ^a   Varghese, T ^a   Wang, X ^a   Mitchell, C ^b   Kliewer, M A ^b,c   Dempsey, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D STRAIN; BAYESIAN REGULARIZATION ALGORITHMS; BLOCK MATCHING; CARDIAC CYCLES; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMIES; CAROTID PLAQUES; DYNAMIC FRAME; ECHOGENICITY; IN-VIVO; INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES; LEAST SQUARE; MOTION DISCONTINUITIES; MOTION TRACKING ALGORITHMS; NEOANGIOGENESIS; PRINCIPAL STRAIN; PROCESS DATA; REGION OF INTEREST; SIGNAL TO NOISE; STRAIN ESTIMATION; STRAIN IMAGES; STRAIN IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION; TISSUE;

IMAGE MATCHING;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOVEMENT; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84869044835     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7329     Document Type: Article

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