Acoustic radiation force beam sequence performance for detection and material characterization of atherosclerotic plaques: Preclinical, ex vivo results

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2471-2487

  Behler, Russell H ^a   Czernuszewicz, Tomasz J ^a   Wu, Chih Da ^b   Nichols, Timothy C ^c   Zhu, Hongtu ^b   Homeister, Jonathon W ^c   Merricks, Elizabeth P ^c   Gallippi, Caterina M ^a  

^a Biomedical Research Imaging Center   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE DETECTION; ELASTICITY IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PARAMETRIC IMAGE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELASTICITY; EXCITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC RADIATORS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ROC CURVE; SWINE;

EID: 84890358483     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2847     Document Type: Article

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