Color Doppler imaging of the myocardium: Current status and potential clinical applications

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Ofili, Elizabeth O ^a   Nanda, Navin C ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Contractility; Diastolic function; Doppler; Imaging; Myocardium; Perfusion; Ultrasound; Velocity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER MYOCARDIAL IMAGING (DMI);

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032007354     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00261-5     Document Type: Article

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