Three-dimensional echocardiography in congenital heart disease: A continuum of unfulfilled promises? No. A presently clinically applicable technology with an important future? Yes

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-285

  Marx, G R ^a   Sherwood, M C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MITRAL VALVE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036581082     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-001-0193-x     Document Type: Review

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