3-D correlation-based speckle tracking

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-36

  Chen, X ^a   Xie, H ^a   Erkamp, R ^b   Kim, K ^a   Jia, C ^a   Rubin, J M ^b   O'Donnell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D speckle tracking; Cardiac strain rate imaging; Decorrelation; Out of plane motion; Ultrasound elasticity imaging

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELASTICITY; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); HEART; SPECKLE; STRAIN RATE; TRACKING (POSITION);

CARDIAC STRAIN; DE CORRELATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE MOTION; SPECKLE TRACKING; ULTRASOUND ELASTICITY IMAGING;

MOTION TRACKING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 20844463604     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460502700102     Document Type: Article

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