1928 Circulation October 22, 2013 mental health, functional status, activity limitations,
cancerrelated pain, and cancer-related anxiety) declined moderately to severely in 44%. 5 …

Ultrasound image segmentation deals with delineating the boundaries of structures, as a
step towards semi-automated or fully automated measurement of dimensions or for …

OBJECTIVES: We sought to assess the feasibility of 2-dimensional strain, a novel software
for real-time quantitative echocardiographic assessment of myocardial function. METHODS …

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

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 …

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 …

Quantitative assessment of the structural, functional, and mechanical properties of
engineered tissues and biomaterials is fundamental to their development for regenerative …

The purpose of this study was to ultrasonically characterize infarcted human myocardial
tissue at the microscopic level by scanning acoustic microscopy. Infarcted myocardial …

We have previously shown in studies of experimental animals that myocardium exhibits a
cardiac cycle-dependent variation of integrated backscatter that reflects regional myocardial …

BACKGROUND Automated edge detection of endocardial borders in echocardiograms
provides objective, reproducible estimation of cavity area; however, most methods have …