A comparison of video and digital data in the assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by myocardial contrast echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-211

  Masugata, Hisashi ^a   Yukiiri, Kazushi ^a   Takagi, Yuichiro ^a   Ohmori, Koji ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   Kohno, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Echocardiography; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE; SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL COMPUTER; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1942475381     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000021914.18706.40     Document Type: Article

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