Parametric detection and measurement of perfusion defects in attenuated contrast echocardiography images

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-748

  Yoshifuku, Shiro ^a   Chen, Shigao ^b   McMahon, Eileen ^c   Korinek, Josef ^a   Yoshikawa, Akiko ^a   Ochiai, Izuru ^a   Sengupta, Partho P ^a   Belohlavek, Marek ^c  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Harmonic ultrasound; Myocardial perfusion; Radio frequency signal; Ultrasound attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION EQUALIZERS; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HARMONIC DISTORTION; IMAGE QUALITY;

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HARMONIC ULTRASOUND; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS (RF); ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DOG; HARMONIC FUNDAMENTAL RATIO; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTOLE;

EID: 34249874879     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.6.739     Document Type: Article

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