Feasibility of inducing and imaging thermal strain for high-risk plaque identification in peripheral arteries using ultrasound arrays

Keyphrases

• Ultrasound Array 100%
• Thermal Strain 100%
• High-risk Plaque 100%
• Peripheral Artery 100%
• Linear Array 66%
• Vulnerable Plaque 66%
• Thermal Strain Imaging 66%
• Imaging Systems 33%
• High Contrast 33%
• Region of Interest 33%
• Lipids 33%
• Lipid-rich 33%
• Water-based 33%
• Speed of Sound 33%
• Linear Programming 33%
• Result-oriented 33%
• Pattern-based 33%
• Ultrasound Scanner 33%
• Heating Pattern 33%
• Ultrasound Heating 33%
• Plaque Composition 33%
• Element Spacing 33%
• Negative Temperature Dependence 33%
• Conventional Ultrasound 33%
• Compositional Characterization 33%

Engineering

• Thermal Strain 100%
• Linear Array 40%
• Region of Interest 20%
• Simulation Result 20%
• Sound Speed 20%
• Imaging Systems 20%
• Temperature Dependence 20%
• Linear Programming 20%