Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 530-540 , April 2007

Noninvasive Two-Dimensional Strain Imaging of Arteries: Validation in Phantoms and Preliminary Experience in Carotid Arteries In Vivo

  • Hermine Ribbers

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Physics Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Richard G.P. Lopata

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Physics Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Suzanne Holewijn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Gerard Pasterkamp

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Jan D. Blankensteijn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Chris L. de Korte

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Physics Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Chris L. de Korte, Clinical Physics Laboratory, Radboud UNMC, CUKZ 833, PO Box 9101, 6500HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Received 18 May 2006 ,Revised 4 September 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 530-540 , April 2007

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