Quantification of instantaneous flow rate and dynamically changing effective orifice area using a geometry independent three-dimensional digital color Doppler method: An in vitro study mimicking mitral regurgitation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 10 II, 2002, Pages 1189-1196

  Li, Xiaokui ^c   Wanitkun, Suthep ^c   Li, Xiang Ning ^a   Hashimoto, Ikuo ^c   Mori, Yoshiki ^c   Rusk, Rosemary A ^c   Hicks, Shannon E ^c   Sahn, David J ^b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL COMPUTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE ORIFICE AREA; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WAVEFORM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0038640246     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.124515     Document Type: Article

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