Intra-arterial ultrasonic imaging for recanalization by spark erosion
January 1988
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volume 14, issue 4 pp 257-261.
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Presently several new methods are being developed to recanalize obstructed arteries during catheterization. Intra-arterial high frequency ultrasonic imaging may be used as a guidance for these new techniques. Spark erosion is a new obstruction removal technology. Experiments have shown that this method can be applied in a selective way. An ultrasonic intra-arterial imaging system allows for the proper indication of the spark erosion catheter relative to the obstruction. The first in vitro results of this study illustrate that integration of catheter tip imaging and spark erosion is possible.
Keywords
- Human
- Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Equipment Design
- Electrosurgery/instrumentation/*methods
- Arteries
- Angioplasty, Balloon/instrumentation/*methods
- Arteriosclerosis/therapy
- Electrodes
- Transducers
- Ultrasonography/instrumentation/*methods
Automatically Extracted Terms
- catheter
- erosion
- imaging
- diameter
- method
- transducer
- intra-arterial
- element
- artery
- result
- obstruction
- electrode
- image
- technique
- mirror
- catheter tip
- lumen
- laser
- glass mirror
- recanalization
