Tracking of regions-of-interest in myocardial contrast echocardiography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-309

  Malpica, Norberto ^a   Santos, Andres ^a   Zuluaga, Miguel Ángel ^b   Ledesma, María J ^a   Pérez, Esther ^b   García Fernández, Miguel A ^b   Desco, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Motion; Optical flow; Perfusion; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISEASE CONTROL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; ULTRASONICS;

INTRAMYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; ISCHEMIC DISEASE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SWINE;

EID: 1842455193     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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