Comparison of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Derived Carotid Plaque Stiffness with Spatially Registered MRI Determined Composition

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2354-2365

  Doherty, Joshua R ^a   Dahl, Jeremy J ^b   Kranz, Peter G ^c   El Husseini, Nada ^c   Chang, Hing Chiu ^c   Chen, Nan Kuei ^c   Allen, Jason D ^c,d   Ham, Katherine L ^c   Trahey, Gregg E ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

MRI; multi modality fusion; ultrasound; vessels

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CALCIUM; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC SCANNER; MULTI-MODALITY FUSION; REGIONS OF INTEREST; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; VESSELS; VOLUMETRIC IMAGES; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CALCIUM; LIPID;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID PLAQUE STIFFNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84946572203     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2015.2432797     Document Type: Article

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