Plane wave imaging for cardiac motion estimation at high temporal resolution: A feasibility study in-vivo

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 228-231

  Tong, Ling ^a   Hamilton, Jamie ^b   Jasaityte, Ruta ^a   Cikes, Maja ^a,c   Sutherland, George ^a,d   D'Hooge, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Epsilon Imaging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cardiac motion deformation estimates; high frame rate; non compounded; plane wave imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MOTION; CARDIAC MOTION ESTIMATION; DOPPLER MYOCARDIAL IMAGING; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; NON-COMPOUNDED; PLANE WAVE; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR);

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ELASTIC WAVES; HEART; SCANNING; TRANSDUCERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 84882348822     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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