Prospective eCG-gated mouse cardiac imaging with a 34-MHz annular array transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1394-1404

  Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^a   Aristizabal, Orlando ^b  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1000 FPS; ADULT MICE; ANNULAR ARRAY; ANNULAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; B-MODE IMAGES; CARDIAC IMAGING; FRAME RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; LEFT VENTRICLES; M-MODE DATA; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; MOUSE HEART; PAPILLARY MUSCLE; REPETITION FREQUENCY; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RIGHT VENTRICLE; SPATIAL LOCATION; STABLE MOTION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED IMAGING; HEART; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 68249160650     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1195     Document Type: Article

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