Characterization of reperfused infarcted myocardium from high-frequency intracardiac ultrasound imaging using homodyned K distribution

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1530-1542

  Hao, Xiaohui ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^a   Pislaru, Cristina ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CALCULATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

HOMODYNED K DISTRIBUTION; INTRACARDIAC ULTRASOUND IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; REPERFUSED INFARCTED MYOCARDIUM; REPERFUSION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFERENCE VALUE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0036835944     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2002.1049735     Document Type: Article

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