Relationship Between Ultrasonic Attenuation, Size and Axial Strain Parameters for Ex Vivo Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque
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Relationship between ultrasonic attenuation, size and axial strain parameters for ex vivo atherosclerotic carotid plaque.
Many ultrasonic parameters, primarily related to attenuation and scatterer size, have been used to characterize the composition of atherosclerotic plaque tissue. In this study, we combine elastographic (axial strain ratio) and ultrasonic tissue characterization parameters, namely the attenuation coefficient and a scattering parameter associated with an "equivalent" scatterer size to delineate b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0301-5629
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.014