Detection of calcium deposits on heart valve leaflets by vibro-acoustography: An in vitro study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1391-1395

  Alizad, Azra ^b   Fatemi, Mostafa ^c   Nishimura, Rick A ^a   Kinnick, Randall R ^c   Rambod, Edmond ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^c  

^a BioQuantetics Inc   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; HARDNESS; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; CALCINOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036835913     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.124985     Document Type: Article

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