Regional Variation in the Measured Apparent Ultrasonic Backscatter of Mid-Gestational Fetal Pig Hearts

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1955-1962

  Gibson, Allyson A ^a   Singh, Gautam K ^a   Kulikowska, Agnieszka ^a   Wallace, Kirk D ^a   Hoffman, Joseph J ^a   Ludomirsky, Achiau ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Fetal echocardiography; Heart; High frequency ultrasound; Myocardium; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ANIMALS; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL MONITORING; TISSUE CULTURE;

FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER;

ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUSCLE FIBERS; SUS SCROFA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 36849054285     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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