Improved myocardial motion tracking in mouse echocardiography using large-diameter microbubbles

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 892-895

  Li, Yinbo ^a   Garson, Christopher D ^a   Xu, Yaqin ^a   French, Brent A ^a   Hossack, John A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK SIZES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; ECHOGENECITY; HIGH FREQUENCIES; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGE SIGNALS; LEFT VENTRICLE; MICRO-BUBBLES; MOTION ANALYSIS; MOTION TRACKING; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; PRE-FILTERING; SIGNAL DROPOUT; SMOOTHING EFFECTS; ULTRASOUND SCANNING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 48149098910     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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