Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic performance using automated border detection

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-62

  Spencer, Kirk T ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Weinert, Lynn ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated border detection; Congestive heart failure; Diastolic function; Left ventricular diastolic performance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUTOMATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033044442     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00786.x     Document Type: Review

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