INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASONIC-IMAGING WITH A MICROMOTOR

Citation
S. Matsumoto et al., INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASONIC-IMAGING WITH A MICROMOTOR, JPN J A P 1, 34(5B), 1995, pp. 2865-2868
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Volume
34
Issue
5B
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2865 - 2868
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
This paper reports a new intravascular imaging system with a micromoto r, revolution characteristics of the micromotor. and experimental resu lts using a plastic tube. In this system, an ultrasonic beam is scanne d radially by the micromotor instead of a scanning wire. The experimen tal results show that a cross-sectional image of the tube is reconstru cted and that this system has a possibility of application to the obse rvation of the inside of a blood vessel.