Identification of ultrasound contrast agent dilution systems for ejection fraction measurements

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 410-419

  Mischi, Massimo ^a   Jansen, Annemieke H M ^b   Kalker, Antonius A C M ^a   Korsten, Hendrikus H M ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; CATHERTERIZATION; EJECTION FRACTION MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT DILUTION SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 17044406676     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1417263     Document Type: Article

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