Imaging of murine infarcts using myocardial elastography at both high temporal and spatial resolution

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 752-755

  Luo, Jianwen ^a   Fujikura, Kana ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^b   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Elastography; High resolution; Infarction; Motion; Myocardium; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INFARCTION; MOTION; MYOCARDIUM; ULTRASOUND;

DEFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN;

EID: 34547135800     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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