Ultrafast vascular strain compounding using plane wave transmission

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 815-823

  Hansen, H H G ^a   Saris, A E C M ^a   Vaka, N R ^a   Nillesen, M M ^a   de Korte, C L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compounding; Elastography; Plane wave imaging; Strain imaging; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); DEFORMATION; ELASTIC WAVES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPOUNDING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; ELASTOGRAPHY; PLANE WAVE; PLANE-WAVE TRANSMISSION; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; STRAIN IMAGING; VASCULAR IMAGING;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING PHANTOM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL STRESS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PLANE WAVE COMPOUNDING TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; VASCULAR STRAIN;

COMPOUNDING; ELASTOGRAPHY; PLANE WAVE IMAGING; STRAIN IMAGING; VASCULAR IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84894657594     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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