Imaging of Wall Motion Coupled With Blood Flow Velocity in the Heart and Vessels in Vivo: A Feasibility Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 980-995

  Luo, Jianwen ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Asynchronous; Blood flow; Blood velocity; Cardiac; Cardiovascular; Cross correlation; ECG gating; Elastography; Flow pattern; Flow velocity; Heart; High frame rate; High frequency; High resolution; Infarction; Left ventricle; Mice; Myocardial infarction; Myocardium; Simultaneous imaging; Synchronicity; Synchronous; Ultrasound; Vascular; Vortex; Wall motion; Wall velocity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ASYNCHRONOUS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VELOCITY; CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR; CROSS CORRELATIONS; ECG GATING; ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INFARCTION; LEFT VENTRICLES; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING; SYNCHRONICITY; SYNCHRONOUS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR; VORTEX; WALL MOTION; WALL VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VELOCITY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; MITRAL VALVE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 79956073349     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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