On-line myocardial tissue characterization with a new commercially produced software

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-279

  Kates, Marc A ^a   Meza, Mario F ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a   Revall, Susan ^a   D'Sa, Alwyn ^b   Murgo, Joseph P ^a   Cheirif, Jorge ^a,c  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; heart transplantation; integrated backscatter; tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029881775     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00896.x     Document Type: Article

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