On the Feasibility of Quantifying Fibrous Cap Thickness with Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1262-1275

  Czernuszewicz, Tomasz J ^a,b   Gallippi, Caterina M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI); atherosclerosis; fibrous cap (FC); finite element method (FEM); resolution; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; MOTION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROUS CAP (FC); VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84988808391     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2016.2535440     Document Type: Article

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