Intracardiac Echocardiography Measurement of Dynamic Myocardial Stiffness with Shear Wave Velocimetry

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1271-1283

  Hollender, Peter J ^a   Wolf, Patrick D ^a   Goswami, Robi ^b   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Intracardiac echocardiography; Myocardial stiffness; Shear wave velocimetry; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC DISEASE; DYNAMIC STIFFNESS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; IN-VIVO; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE; RIGHT VENTRICLE; TECHNIQUES USED; TRANSVERSE WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PROBES; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MEASUREMENTS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR WAVE VELOCIMETRY; SWINE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWINE;

EID: 84861903077     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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