Anisotropy of apparent backscatter in the short-axis view of mouse hearts

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1623-1629

  Holland, Mark R ^a   Kovacs, Attila ^a   Posdamer, Stephanie H ^a   Wallace, Kirk D ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Apparent backscatter; Fiber orientation; Heart; Mouse; Myocardium; Ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

APPARENT BACKSCATTER; HEART; MOUSE; MYOCARDIUM; ULTRASONIC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 28844488240     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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