Title :
Direct in vivo myocardial infarct visualization using 3D ultrasound and passive strain contrast
Author :
Byram, Brett ; Bradway, David ; Jakovljevic, Marko ; Giannantonio, Doug ; Hyun, Dongwoon ; Dumont, Douglas ; Wolf, Pat ; Crowley, Anna Lisa ; Van Assche, Lowie ; Parker, Michele ; Kim, Raymond ; Judd, Robert ; Trahey, Gregg
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
An approach for myocardial elastography is presented for infarct visualization. Infarcts are visualized using passive strain in the ventricles induced by atrial contraction. Results are compared against ARFI and delay-enhanced contrast MR.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; medical image processing; 3D ultrasound contrast; atrial contraction; delay-enhanced contrast MR; direct in vivo myocardial infarct visualization; infarct visualization; myocardial elastography; passive strain; passive strain contrast; ventricles; Heart; Imaging; Lesions; Myocardium; Strain; Transducers; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1253-1
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0007
