Imaging methodology and protocols for three-dimensional echocardiography

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-401

  McCulloch, Marti L ^a   Little, Stephen H ^b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Real time 3D echo; Three dimensional protocol; Three dimensional workflow; Threedimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 69749106341     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32832e0ef5     Document Type: Review

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