Echocardiography without electrocardiogram

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Aase, Svein Arne ^a   Snare, Sten Roar ^a   Dalen, Hvard ^a,b   Støylen, Asbjørn ^a,c   Orderud, Fredrik ^d   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Ge Vingmed Ultrasound AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Automatic analysis; Border detection; Pocket sized ultrasound; Segmentation; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78651374546     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq112     Document Type: Article

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