Automated border detection on contrast enhanced echocardiographic images

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-167

  Kirkpatrick, James N ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Fedson, Savitri E ^a   Anderson, Allen S ^a   Bednarz, James ^a   Spencer, Kirk T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Border detection; Contrast agents; Ejection fraction; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULOGRAPHY, FIRST-PASS;

EID: 23244455729     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.056     Document Type: Article

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