Noninvasive electromechanical wave imaging and conduction velocity estimation in vivo

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 969-972

  Konofagou, Elisa ^a,b   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Saluja, Deepak ^b   Fujikura, Kana ^a   Cervantes, Daniel ^b   Coromilas, James ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Contraction; Displacement; Electromechanical; Motion; Myocardium; Velocity; Wave

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SHRINKAGE; ULTRASONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CARDIAC CYCLES; CONDUCTION; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; CONTRACTION; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT; DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; DYSSYNCHRONY; ECG GATING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG); ELECTROMECHANICAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVES; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH FRAME RATES; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INDUCED WAVES; LEFT VENTRICLE; MOTION; MYOCARDIAL ACTIVATION; MYOCARDIUM; NON-INVASIVE METHODS; RF FRAMES; SINUS RHYTHM; VELOCITY; WAVE; WAVE DIRECTIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION DIRECTION; WAVE VELOCITIES; WILD-TYPE; WINDOW SIZES;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

EID: 48149091050     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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