Intracardiac echocardiography. Do we need a new ultrasonographic window?

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Zachetta, Mario ^a,b   Maiolino, Pietro ^a  

^a Cittadella General Hospital   (Italy)

^b Riva Ospedale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Interventional cardiology; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4644257723     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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