Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 186-192 , February 2009

Sample Volume Positioning in Colour-Coded Doppler Myocardial Imaging: Effect of Systolic and Diastolic Tracking

  • R. Oberhoffer

      Affiliations

    • German Heart Centre Munich, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Prof. Renate Maria Oberhoffer, Technical University of Munich, German Heart Centre Munich, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Lazarettstrasse 36, 80636 Munchen, Germany
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  • F. Mühlbauer

      Affiliations

    • German Heart Centre Munich, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • A. Kühn

      Affiliations

    • German Heart Centre Munich, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • J. Högel

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Genetics, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • M. Vogt

      Affiliations

    • German Heart Centre Munich, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Received 17 March 2008 ,Revised 13 August 2008 ,Accepted 24 August 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00392-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.020

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 186-192 , February 2009

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