An In-Vivo study of frame rate optimization for myocardial elastography

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1933-1936

  Luo, Jianwen ^a   Lee, Wei Ning ^a   Wang, Shougang ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a  

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

Author keywords

ECG gating; Frame rate; Myocardial elastography; SNR; Strain; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONICS;

AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CORRELATION CO-EFFICIENT; D SEARCH; ECG GATING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG); FRAME RATE; FRAME RATES; IN-VIVO; MYOCARDIAL ELASTOGRAPHY; SNR; SPECKLE TRACKING; STRAIN; TRADE-OFF;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 43649089727     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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