Ultrasonic tissue characterization of infarcted myocardium by scanning acoustic microscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a   Tanaka, Motonao ^a   Okawai, Hiroaki ^a   Sasaki, Hidehiko ^a   Nitta, Shin Ichi ^a   Dunn, Floyd ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic microscope; Acute myocardial infarction; Attenuation; Myocardium; Sound speed; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; TISSUE;

FIBROSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0031052129     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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