Automatic timing of aortic valve closure in apical tissue Doppler images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Aase, Svein Arne ^a,d   Stoylen, Asbjørn ^a,c   Ingul, Charlotte Bjork ^a   Frigstad, Sigmund ^b   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Ge Vingmed Ultrasound AS   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ISB   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aortic valve closure; Automated analysis; Automatic timing; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

AORTIC VALVE CLOSURE; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; AUTOMATIC TIMING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ALGORITHM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART SOUND; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART SOUNDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 29144484045     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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