Optimal types of probe, and tissue doppler frame rates, for use during tissue doppler recording and off-line analysis of strain and strain rate in neonates at term

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 502-511

  Nestaas, Eirik ^a,b   Støylen, Asbjørn ^c,d   Fugelseth, Drude ^a,e  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beat to beat variation; Region of interest size; Spatial averaging; Strain length; Tissue Doppler frame rate; Tissue doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL;

EID: 53349097419     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002655     Document Type: Article

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