How to optimize intracardiac blood flow tracking by echocardiographic particle image velocimetry? Exploring the influence of data acquisition using computer-generated data sets

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 490-499

  Gao, Hang ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Amzulescu, Mihaela Silvia ^a   Stankovic, Ivan ^a   D'Hooge, Jan ^a   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bubble density; Frame rate; Intracardiac blood flow tracking; Simulated data sets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HISTOGRAM; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VORTEX MOTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; RHEOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84863840883     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer285     Document Type: Article

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