Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 11 , Pages 1703-1711 , November 2006

ARFI imaging for noninvasive material characterization of atherosclerosis

  • Douglas Dumont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC
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  • Russell H. Behler

      Affiliations

    • Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Timothy C. Nichols

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Elizabeth P. Merricks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Caterina M. Gallippi

      Affiliations

    • Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Caterina M. Gallippi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, 150 MacNider Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

Received 12 December 2005 ,Revised 22 June 2006 ,Accepted 11 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.014

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 11 , Pages 1703-1711 , November 2006

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