Fundamental performance assessment of 2-D myocardial elastography in a phased-array configuration

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2320-2327

  Luo, Jianwen ^a   Lee, Wei Ning ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; CROSS CORRELATIONS; ESTIMATION METHODS; ESTIMATION QUALITY; FIELD II; FINITE-ELEMENT; LINEAR ARRAYS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MYOCARDIAL ELASTOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASED ARRAYS; PRINCIPAL STRAIN; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; RECORRELATION; RF SIGNAL; SONOGRAPHIC; SPEED-UPS; STRAIN ESTIMATION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRACKING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND SIMULATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SIMULATORS; STRAIN; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 72749086847     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1313     Document Type: Article

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