Echocardiographic Tissue Characterization Demonstrates Differences in the Left and Right Sides of the Ventricular Septum

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1653-1661

  Holland, Mark R ^a   Gibson, Allyson A ^a   Bauer, Adam Q ^a   Peterson, Linda R ^a   Schaffer, Jean E ^a   Bach, Richard G ^a   Cresci, Sharon ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic variation of backscatter; Myocardium; Ventricular septum

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CYCLES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; DELAY VALUES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; MYOCARDIUM; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; STRAIN PROPERTIES; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

BACKSCATTERING;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 77956651559     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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