An in vitro assessment of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for visualizing cardiac radiofrequency ablation lesions

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-563

  Eyerly, Stephanie A ^a   Hsu, Stephen J ^a   Agashe, Shruti H ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a,b   Li, Yang ^a   Wolf, Patrick D ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Atrial arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Intracardiac echocardiography; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 77951152646     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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