Lagrangian displacement tracking using a polar grid between endocardial and epicardial contours for cardiac strain imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1779-1792

  Ma, Chi ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac strain imaging; elastography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HEART; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

CARDIAC STRAIN; DISPLACEMENT TRACKING; ELASTOGRAPHY; LA-GRANGIAN APPROACHES; LAGRANGIAN DESCRIPTION; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; ULTRASOUND SIMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84861624319     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3691905     Document Type: Article

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