Native tissue harmonic imaging improves endocardial border definition and visualization of cardiac structures

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 693-701

  Kornbluth, Murray ^a   Liang, David H ^a   Paloma, Allan ^a   Schnittger, Ingela ^a,b  

^a California ^*

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORDA TENDINEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031812621     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/je.1998.v11.a90474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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