Noninvasive electromechanical wave imaging and conduction-relevant velocity estimation in vivo

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-215

  Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Saluja, Deepak ^b   Cervantes, Daniel O ^b   Coromilas, James ^b   Fujikura, Kana ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Displacement; Electromechanical; Left ventricle; Myocardial; Pacing

Indexed keywords

3-D MAPPING; CARDIAC CYCLES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; DYSSYNCHRONY; EARLY DETECTION; ECG GATING; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVES; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH FRAME RATE ULTRASOUND IMAGING; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; LEFT VENTRICLES; NONINVASIVE METHODS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF FRAMES; RF SIGNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; ULTRA-HIGH; VELOCITY ESTIMATION; WAVE MAPPING; WAVE PROPAGATION DIRECTION; WAVE VELOCITY; WILD TYPES; WINDOW SIZE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MAPPING; SHRINKAGE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; RADIO WAVES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 71549117148     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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