Assessment of left ventricular volume and function by integration of simplified 3D echocardiography, tissue harmonic imaging and automated extraction of endocardial borders

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-202

  Mele, Donato ^a   Teoli, Roberta ^a   Cittanti, Corrado ^a   Pasanisi, Giovanni ^a   Guardigli, Gabriele ^a   Levine, Robert A ^b   Ferrari, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

2DEcho; 3DEcho; Computer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1942443193     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000021948.96454.3a     Document Type: Article

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