Fourier phase and amplitude analysis for automated objective evaluation of myocardial contrast echocardiograms: Phase imaging in contrast echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Bekeredjian, Raffi ^a   Hilbel, Thomas ^a   Filusch, Arthur ^a   Hansen, Alexander ^a   Benz, Andreas ^a   Zehelein, Joerg ^a   Kuecherer, Helmut F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Parametric imaging; Phase analysis

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHASE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0344080452     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022873803754     Document Type: Article

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