Determination of instantaneous interventricular septum wall thickness by processing sequential 2D echocardiographic images

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-461

  Moladoust, Hassan ^a   Mokhtari dizaji, Manijhe ^a   Ojaghi haghighi, Zahra ^b   Noohi, Fereydon ^b   Khaledifar, Arsalan ^b   Grailu, Hadi ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Intensity profile; Interventricular septum; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847046005     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.454.461     Document Type: Article

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