Electromechanical wave imaging for noninvasive mapping of the 3D electrical activation sequence in canines and humans in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 856-864

  Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b   Provost, Jean ^a  

^a Columbia University New York ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cardiac; Displacement; Echocardiography; Elasticity imaging; Electromechanical; Ischemia; Myocardial; Radio frequency; Stiffness; Strain; Ultrasound; Wave

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC; DISPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELECTROMECHANICAL; ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WAVES;

MAPPING;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL WAVE IMAGING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857653777     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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