Quantitative texture analysis in two-dimensional echocardiography: Application to the diagnosis of myocardial hemochromatosis

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-20

  Lattanzi, Fabio ^a,c   Bellotti, Paolo ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^a   Chiarella, Francesco ^b   Paterni, Marco ^a   Forni, Gianluca ^b   Landini, Luigi ^a   Distante, Alessandro ^a   Vecchio, Carlo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

hemochromatosis; thalassemia; tissue characterization; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON STORAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030051780     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00863.x     Document Type: Article

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