Layer-specific assessment of left ventricular function by utilizing wavelet de-noising: A validation study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Bachner Hinenzon, Noa ^a   Ertracht, Offir ^a   Lysiansky, Michael ^a   Binah, Ofer ^a   Adam, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Myocardial function; Strain imaging; Transmural deformation; Wavelet de noising

Indexed keywords

HEART DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; MECHANICAL PHANTOMS; MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION; MYOCARDIAL VELOCITY; OUTER LAYER; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; SMALL ANIMAL; SMOOTHING PROCESS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECKLE TRACKING; STRAIN IMAGING; THREE-LAYER; TRANSMURAL DEFORMATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WAVELET DE-NOISING;

ANIMALS; DEFORMATION; ERRORS; RATS; SPECKLE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ROTATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79952622114     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0662-6     Document Type: Article

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