Fast Automatic Measurement of Mitral Annulus Excursion Using a Pocket-Sized Ultrasound System

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 617-631

  Snare, Sten Roar ^a   Mjølstad, Ole Christian ^a,b   Orderud, Fredrik ^c   Haugen, Bjørn Olav ^a,b   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Ge Vingmed Ultrasound AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Block matching; Echocardiography; Feature tracking; Hand carried ultrasound; Pocket ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; AUTOMATIC METHOD; BLOCK MATCHING; COMPUTATION TIME; DEFORMABLE MODELS; EXCURSION MEASUREMENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEATURE-TRACKING; FRAME-RATE; HAND-CARRIED ULTRASOUND; MEAN ERRORS; MITRAL ANNULUS; MODE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POPULATION; POCKET ULTRASOUND; RAPID MEASUREMENT; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; SCANNER DATA; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; TRACKING SCHEME; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MOTION COMPENSATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REAL TIME CONTROL; SCANNING; ULTRASONICS;

MEASUREMENTS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MITRAL VALVE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MINIATURIZATION; MITRAL VALVE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952736587     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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