Three-dimensional echocardiography

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 386-396

  Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a   Yao, J ^a   Kasprzak, J D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0031758023     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199811000-00002     Document Type: Review

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