Measurement of viscoelastic properties of in vivo swine myocardium using Lamb Wave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry (LDUV)

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-261

  Urban, Matthew W ^a   Pislaru, Cristina ^a   Nenadic, Ivan Z ^a   Kinnick, Randall R ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Lamb wave; myocardium; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; DISPERSION CURVES; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FRAME RATE; IN-VIVO; KELVIN-VOIGT; MYOCARDIUM; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR ELASTICITY; SOFT TISSUE; VIBROMETRY; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL; VISCOELASTIC MODULI; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE MODELS; WAVE THEORY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTICITY; HEART; SURFACE WAVES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; LAMB WAVE DISPERSION ULTRASOUND VIBROMETRY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873290925     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2222656     Document Type: Article

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