The effect of including myocardial anisotropy in simulated ultrasound images of the heart

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-333

  Crosby, Jonas ^a   Hergum, Torbjørn ^a   Remme, Espen W ^b   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; MUSCLE; SPECKLE; ULTRASONICS;

ANGLE DEPENDENTS; BACKSCATTER INTENSITIES; CARDIAC MUSCLES; CONVOLUTION APPROACHES; CYLINDRICAL SAMPLES; FIBER DIRECTIONS; IMAGE ANISOTROPIES; IN-VITRO; K SPACES; MUSCLE FIBERS; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; SIMULATED IMAGES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPECKLE PATTERNS; THROUGH WALLS; ULTRASONIC BEAMS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE;

EID: 62349089808     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1041     Document Type: Article

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