A composite high-frame-rate system for clinical cardiovascular imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2221-2233

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

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTAS; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ABNORMAL PATTERNS; AUTOMATED METHODS; AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; BEAM DENSITIES; CARDIOVASCULAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FRAME RATES; GATING TECHNIQUES; HEALTHY HUMANS; HIGH TEMPORALS; IMAGING; IMAGING DEPTHS; IN-VIVO; LEFT VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL ELASTOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIAS; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSES; PULSE WAVE PROPAGATIONS; PULSE WAVES; QUANTITATIVE; RF SIGNALS; SPECKLE TRACKING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; IMAGE CODING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54049112308     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.921     Document Type: Article

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