Computer-assisted determination of left ventricular endocardial borders reduces variability in the echocardiographic assessment of ejection fraction

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Maret, Eva ^a,b   Brudin, Lars ^c,d   Lindstrom, Lena ^e   Nylander, Eva ^d   Ohlsson, Jan L ^a   Engvall, Jan E ^b,d  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL SIMPSON; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 57349111766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-55     Document Type: Article

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