Initial Phantom Validation of Minute Roughness Measurement Using Phase Tracking for Arterial Wall Diagnosis Non-Invasively In Vivo

Summary, in English

To detect minute roughness, we utilized the phase change that occurs in a radio frequency echo from the rough surface of an object during its lateral motion. The new method was optimized and validated using saw-tooth-shaped silicone phantoms sized from 13 to 33 mu m; results were compared to those obtained using a confocal laser scanning microscope.

• Author: Magnus Cinthio; Hideyuki Hasegawa; Hiroshi Kanai
• Department/s: Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Publishing year: 2011
• Language: English
• Pages: 853-857
• Publication/Series: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• Volume: 58
• Issue: 4
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1879
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Topic: Medical Engineering
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0885-3010