Automated Assessment of Left Atrial Function From Time-Left Atrial Volume Curves Using a Novel Speckle Tracking Imaging Method

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Ogawa, Keitaro ^a   Hozumi, Takeshi ^a   Sugioka, Kenichi ^a   Iwata, Shinichi ^a   Otsuka, Ryo ^a   Takagi, Yasuhiro ^a   Yoshitani, Hidetoshi ^a   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; RESERVOIR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149095474     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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