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Acoustical Tissue Images for Detection of Atherosclerotic Changes in Blood Vessels

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Acoustical Imaging

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Recent developments of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) offer some new features for the detection and quantification of vascular disease which are very valuable for clinical diagnosis. Making possible visualization of the full circumference of the vessel, IVUS allows the inspection of lumen and plaque shape by one single tomogram. Such views are successfully used for planimetry to overcome special problems such as bifurcations or overlapping vessels. In addition, IVUS is used to obtain plaque thickness and echogenicity for determination of its area and composition. It is established that intravascular ultrasonic imaging provides best results in quantifying atherosclerotic changes in vessels1,2. Decisions for optimal treatment are usually made in terms of grey scaled video images, which are processed from the amplitude of ultrasonic echo signals. However, there is much more information in radio-frequency (RF) echo signal which should be used for tissue characterization and identification3as well as special experiences in soft tissue classification4,5.

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  1. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, D-18055, Rostock, Germany

    Wolfram Schmidt, Detlef Behrend, Olaf Skerl, Heiner Martin & Klaus-Peter Schmitz

  2. Institute of Animal Physiology, University of Rostock, D-18055, Rostock, Germany

    Olaf Skerl

  3. Clinic for Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, University of Rostock, D-18055, Rostock, Germany

    Wilhelm Urbaszek

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Schmidt, W., Behrend, D., Skerl, O., Martin, H., Urbaszek, W., Schmitz, KP. (1996). Acoustical Tissue Images for Detection of Atherosclerotic Changes in Blood Vessels. In: Tortoli, P., Masotti, L. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8772-3_33

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