Endovascular shear strain elastography for the detection and characterization of the severity of atherosclerotic plaques: In vitro validation and in vivo evaluation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 890-903

  Majdouline, Younes ^a   Ohayon, Jacques ^b,c   Keshavarz Motamed, Zahra ^a   Roy Cardinal, Marie Hélène ^a   Garcia, Damien ^a,d   Allard, Louise ^a   Lerouge, Sophie ^a,e   Arsenault, Frédéric ^a,d   Soulez, Gilles ^a,d   Cloutier, Guy ^a,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque image processing; Intravascular ultrasound; Shear strain; Swine model; Vascular elastography; Vulnerable plaques

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; SHEAR STRAIN; ULTRASONICS;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LAGRANGIAN SPECKLE MODEL ESTIMATOR; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL CRYOGEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CATHETER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SHEAR STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRAIN ELASTICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MINIPIG; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84897087397     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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