Semi-3D strain imaging of an atherosclerotic carotid artery by multi-cross-sectional radial strain estimations using simulated multi-angle plane wave ultrasound

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 519-522

  Fekkes, Stein ^a   Swillens, Abigail E S ^b   Hansen, Hendrik H G ^a   Saris, Anne E C M ^a   Nillesen, Maartje M ^a   Iannaccone, Francesco ^b   Segers, Patrick ^b   De Korte, Chris L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D Imaging; Atherosclerotic carotid model; Displacement compounding; Plane wave imaging; Radial strain

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; ABAQUS; ELASTIC WAVES; HEMODYNAMICS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

3D IMAGING; DELAY AND SUM BEAMFORMING; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; NORMALIZED CROSS CORRELATION; PLANE WAVE; RADIAL STRAINS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS;

STRAIN;

EID: 84910048360     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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