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Tissue characterization by ultrasound: what is possible now? What will be possible?
1Department of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|December 10, 1990
Abstract:
The purpose of this review is to discuss the principles of ultrasound tissue characterization. We describe gray scale analysis, backscatter techniques, real-time backscatter imaging, enhancement of abnormal tissue properties with contrast agents or liposomes, and use of acoustic microscopy. Ultrasound tissue characterization offers the promise of direct identification of abnormalities of the myocardium without relying on indirect manifestations such as abnormalities in cardiac function.