Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 475-482 , April 2002

Myocardial elastography—a feasibility study in vivo

  • Elisa E. Konofagou

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elisa E. Konofagou, Ph.D., Department of Radiology - MRI research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, LMRC #013, 221 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA
    • Focused Ultrasound Laboratory Department of Radiology—MRI research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Jan D’hooge

      Affiliations

    • Medical Image Computing, Department of Electrical Engineering, Cardiology and Physics, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Jonathan Ophir

      Affiliations

    • Ultrasonics Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Received 29 August 2001 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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