Quantification of left ventricular function with contrast-enhanced harmonic colour Doppler and a semiautomated boundary detection algorithm in technically difficult patients: Feasibility, accuracy, and inter-observer variability

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 253-261

  Chen, L J ^a   Colonna, P ^a   Cadeddu, C ^a   Selem, A H ^a   Montisci, R ^a   Caiati, C ^a   Meloni, L ^a   Iliceto, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Edge detection; Harmonic colour Doppler; Inter observer variability; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD FLOW; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC VOLUME; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035700317     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2001.0104     Document Type: Article

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