Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 880-893 , June 2007

Detection of the Cardiac Activation Sequence by Novel Echocardiographic Tissue Tracking Method

Received 17 May 2006 ,Revised 21 November 2006 ,Accepted 22 December 2006.

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Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 880-893 , June 2007

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