Real-time contrast echo assessment of myocardial perfusion at low emission power: First experimental and clinical results using power pulse inversion imaging

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 799-809

  Tiemann, Klaus ^a   Lohmeier, Stefan ^a   Kuntz, Stefanie ^a   Köster, Jörg ^a   Pohl, Christoph ^a   Burns, Peter ^b   Porter, Thomas R ^c   Nanda, Navin C ^d   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a   Becher, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Low emission power; Myocardial perfusion; Power pulse inversion imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0032714578     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00132.x     Document Type: Article

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