Optimisation of strain rate imaging for application to stress echocardiography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1451-1460

  Hanekom, Lizelle ^a   Lundberg, Vidar ^a   Leano, Rodel ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dobutamine stress echo; ischaemia; strain rate; tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

CORONARY DISEASES; DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (DSE); HARMONIC IMAGING; STRAIN RATE IMAGING (SRI);

DISEASES; HORMONES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN RATE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE;

EID: 10044272177     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.08.026     Document Type: Article

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