Contrast harmonic color Doppler left ventriculography: Machine- interpreted left ventricular ejection fraction compared with equilibrium- gated radionuclide ventriculography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 368-378

  Schwarz, Karl Q ^a,b   Bezante, Gian Paolo ^a,b   Chen, Xucai ^a,b   Villa, Giuseppe ^a,b   Brunelli, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034087430     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(00)70006-X     Document Type: Article

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