1 # (923328960) AU : Wickline SA; Verdonk ED; Sobel BE; Miller JG; (Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine,

St. Louis, Missouri 63110.) TI : Identification of human myocardial infarction in vitro based on the frequency dependence of ultrasonic backscatter. SO : JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; J Acoust Soc Am; V91; N5; P3018-25; D1992 May; U92332896 ME : Human; In Vitro; *Myocardial Infarction:PA/*US; *Myocardium:*PA; Ultrasonics; JOURNAL ARTICLE AB : It has been reported previously that acute and mature myocardial infarction in dogs can be differentiated in vitro and in vivo by ultrasonic tissue characterization based on measurement of the frequency dependence of ultrasonic backscatter. 2 # (922960560) AU : Perez JE; Miller JG; Wickline SA; Holland MR; Waggoner AD; Barzilai B; Sobel BE; (Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.) TI : Quantitative ultrasonic imaging: tissue characterization and instantaneous quantification of cardiac function. SO : AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY; Am J Cardiol; V69; N20; P104H-111H; D1992 Jun 18; U92296056 ME : Animal; *Echocardiography:*MT; Human; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL AB : Quantitative myocardial tissue characterization is being developed to complement and expand conventional echocardiography by delineating the physical state of myocardium under diverse pathophysiologic conditions. Real-time quantitative integrated backscatter imaging has already been applied to patients with ischemic heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and cardiac allograft rejection in clinical investigations performed in the United States, Europe,} and Japan.