A composite imaging technique for high frame-rate and full-view cardiovascular ultrasound and elasticity imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 880-883

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

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial displacement estimation; ECG gating; Electromechanical wave propagation; High frame rate ultrasound imaging; Multi sector composite

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AXIAL DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUES; CLINICAL SYSTEMS; COMPOSITE IMAGING; CROSS-CORRELATION METHODS; D SEARCH; ECG GATING; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG); ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FRAME RATES; HIGH FRAME RATE ULTRASOUND IMAGING; HIGH FRAME RATES; IMAGING DEPTH; LEFT VENTRICLE; LEFT VENTRICULAR; MULTI-SECTOR COMPOSITE; PULSE WAVES; RADIO-FREQUENCY; RF FRAMES; RP SYSTEMS; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; STANDARD SYSTEMS; STRAIN ESTIMATION; WINDOW SIZES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 48149106161     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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