Estimating myocardial attenuation from M-mode ultrasonic backscatter

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-484

  Baldwin, Steven L ^a   Marutyan, Karen R ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Wallace, Kirk D ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Attenuation; Backscatter; Echocardiography; M mode; Myocardium; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound; Video signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

MYOCARDIAL ATTENUATION; MYOCARDIAL PROPERTIES; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 17044376355     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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