Clinical application of quantitative analysis in real-time MCE

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Agati, Luciano ^a   Tonti, Gianni ^b   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^c   Magri, Francesca ^d   Funaro, Stefania ^b   Madonna, Mariapina ^a   Celani, Flavia ^a   Messager, Tristan ^e   Broillet, Anne ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^e Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microcirculation; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SWINE;

EID: 13344294982     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(04)80004-0     Document Type: Article

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