Electromechanical wave imaging of normal and ischemic hearts in vivo

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-635

  Provost, Jean ^a   Lee, Wei Ning ^a   Fujikura, Kana ^b   Konofagou, Elisa E ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Electrical mapping; Electromechanical wave imaging; High framerate echocardiography; Ischemia; Radio frequency speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL MAPPING; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVES; FRAME-RATE; HIGH FRAMERATE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY SPECKLE-TRACKING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; MAPPING; SPECKLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77749254598     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2030186     Document Type: Article

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