Intracardiac myocardial elastography in canines and humans in vivo

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 337-349

  Grondin, Julien ^a   Wan, Elaine ^b   Gambhir, Alok ^b   Garan, Hasan ^b   Konofagou, Elisa ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN; TISSUE;

ABLATION PROCEDURES; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AXIAL DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATOR; MYOCARDIAL ELASTOGRAPHY;

ICE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84922219636     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.006784     Document Type: Article

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