Quantification of regional left ventricular dyssynchrony by magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 985-995

  Mischi, Massimo ^a   Van Den Bosch, Harrie C M ^b   Jansen, Annemieke H M ^b   Sieben, Mischa ^a   Aarts, Ronald M ^a,c   Korsten, Hendrikus H M ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomedical measurement; Cardiology; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Medical image processing

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL MEASUREMENT; DYSSYNCHRONOUS VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

CARDIOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 39749171250     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.915724     Document Type: Article

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