Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1206-1223 , August 2007

Myocardial Elastography at Both High Temporal and Spatial Resolution for the Detection of Infarcts

  • Jianwen Luo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Kana Fujikura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Shunichi Homma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Elisa E. Konofagou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elisa E. Konofagou, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 351 Engineering Terrace, mail code 8904, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027.

Received 6 September 2006 ,Revised 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.019

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1206-1223 , August 2007

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