Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1662-1676 , October 2010

Quantitative Assessment of Arterial Wall Biomechanical Properties Using Shear Wave Imaging

  • Mathieu Couade

      Affiliations

    • SuperSonic Imagine, Aix en Provence, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Mathieu Couade, Les jardins de la Duranne - Bât E & F, 510 Rue René Descartes, 13857 Aix-en-Provence, France.
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  • Mathieu Pernot

      Affiliations

    • Institut Langevin, ESPCI-ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, Inserm U979, Paris, France
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  • Claire Prada

      Affiliations

    • Institut Langevin, ESPCI-ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, Inserm U979, Paris, France
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  • Emmanuel Messas

      Affiliations

    • APHP, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; INSERM U765, Paris, France
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  • Joseph Emmerich

      Affiliations

    • APHP, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; INSERM U765, Paris, France
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  • Patrick Bruneval

      Affiliations

    • APHP, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; INSERM U765, Paris, France
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  • Aline Criton

      Affiliations

    • SuperSonic Imagine, Aix en Provence, France
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  • Mathias Fink

      Affiliations

    • Institut Langevin, ESPCI-ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, Inserm U979, Paris, France
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  • Mickael Tanter

      Affiliations

    • Institut Langevin, ESPCI-ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, Inserm U979, Paris, France

Received 18 February 2010 ,Revised 8 June 2010 ,Accepted 4 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.004

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1662-1676 , October 2010

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