Improved Endocardial Border Definition with Short-Lag Spatial Coherence (SLSC) Imaging

Improved Endocardial Border Definition with Short-lag Spatial Coherence (SLSC) Imaging by Muyinatu Adebisi Lediju Bell Department of Biomedical Enginerring Duke University Date: April 26, 2012 Approved: Gregg E. Trahey, Supervisor

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