Automated flow quantification in valvular heart disease based on backscattered Doppler power analysis: Implementation on matrix-array ultrasound imaging systems

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-477

  Buck, Thomas ^a   Hwang, Shawn M ^b   Plicht, Björn ^a   Mucci, Ronald A ^c   Hunold, Peter ^d   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Levine, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Flow quantification; Magnetic resonance imaging; Matrix array transducer; Mitral regurgitation; Spectral Doppler power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 43449134065     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9302-8     Document Type: Article

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