Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1732-1740 , November 2008

Quantitative Analysis of Echocardiographic Cine-Loops Using a 2D-Strain Algorithm in Correlation with Thallium-201 SPECT Imaging

  • Aaron Miller

      Affiliations

    • The Abramson Center of Medical Physics, Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Aaron Miller, Abramson Center for Medical Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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  • Pierre Chouraqui

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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  • Gil Zwirn

      Affiliations

    • The Abramson Center of Medical Physics, Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Micha S. Feinberg

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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  • Solange Akselrod

      Affiliations

    • The Abramson Center of Medical Physics, Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 25 July 2007 ,Revised 19 February 2008 ,Accepted 24 March 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00184-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.021

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1732-1740 , November 2008

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