A new automated method for the quantification of mitral regurgitant volume and dynamic regurgitant orifice area based on a normalized centerline velocity distribution using color M-mode and continuous wave Doppler imaging

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-69

  Deserranno, Dimitri ^a   Greenberg, Neil L ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Garcia, Mario J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VOLUME; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037291246     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1531111     Document Type: Article

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