Myocardial Blood Flow Parameters Derived from Contrast Replenishment Using Harmonic Power Doppler Imaging Are Underestimated by Ultrasound Signal Attenuation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 738-744

  Okazaki, Juri ^b   Asanuma, Toshihiko ^b   Miki, Ayako ^b   Hirayama, Hideo ^b   Otani, Kentaro ^b   Toshida, Tsutomu ^b   Iwata, Akiko ^b   Ishikura, Fuminobu ^b   Beppu, Shintaro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ANIMAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 0141905235     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00405-X     Document Type: Article

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