ECG triggering and gating for ultrasonic small animal imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1590-1596

  Liu, Jian Hung ^b   Jeng, Geng Shi ^b   Wu, Tung Ke ^b   Li, Pai Chi ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC DISEASES; CARDIAC IMAGING; SINGLE-ELEMENT TRANSDUCER;

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICE; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748351829     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1678187     Document Type: Article

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