Pulse inversion harmonic imaging improves endocardial border visualization in two-dimensional images: Comparison with harmonic imaging

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-308

  Vançon, Anne Claire ^a,b   Fox, Ervin R ^a,b   Chow, Chi Ming ^a,b   Hill, Jeffrey ^a,b   Weyman, Arthur E ^a,b   Picard, Michael H ^a,b   Scherrer Crosbic, Marielle ^a  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FILTER; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036551304     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.117294     Document Type: Article

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