Conventional medical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, have continued to
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …

Purpose To systematically review the incidence, manifestations and predisposing factors for
cardiovascular toxicity in cancer patients treated with systemic 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine …

A technique has been developed for producing images of the velocity of tissue motion within
the myocardium. It has been demonstrated that Colour Flow Doppler imagers can be …

Large numbers of patients referred for evaluation of chest pain are unable to perform
adequate, diagnostic exercise testing. In these patients, dobutamine stress …

Ultrasonic Scattering in Biological Tissues contains 14 chapters written by world-renowned
authorities who describe current work related to theoretical and experimental aspects of …

Currently, biopsies guided by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) are the only method for
definitive diagnosis of prostate cancer. Studies by our group suggest that quantitative …

To provide an approach suitable for on-line analysis of ventricular function, a conventional
two-dimensional ultrasound imaging system was modified to detect and track blood-tissue …

Background Changes in cardiac size, myocardial mass, cardiomyocyte appearance, and,
ultimately, the function of the entire organ are interrelated features of cardiac remodeling that …

Although patients with diabetes mellitus may be afflicted by cardiomyopathy, its prevalence
and nature are controversial. Studies have shown that fibrosis alters the acoustic properties …

Background Maturation of ultrasound myocardial tissue characterization may have far-
reaching implications as a widely available alternative to cardiac magnetic resonance …