Automated endocardial border detection and evaluation of left ventricular function from contrast-enhanced images using modified acoustic quantification

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 777-781

  Spencer, Kirk T ^a   Bednarz, Jim ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   DeCara, Jeanne ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTOLE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036695396     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.120505     Document Type: Article

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