Semi-automated mitral valve morphometry and computational stress analysis using 3D ultrasound

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 903-907

  Pouch, Alison M ^a   Xu, Chun ^b   Yushkevich, Paul A ^b   Jassar, Arminder S ^b   Vergnat, Mathieu ^b   Gorman, Joseph H ^b   Gorman, Robert C ^b   Sehgal, Chandra M ^b   Jackson, Benjamin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Finite element analysis; Image processing; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPACT REPRESENTATION; DEFORMABLE MODELING; FEA MODELING; IN-VIVO; MEDIAL REPRESENTATION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVES; MORPHOMETRY; SEMI-AUTOMATED; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; VOLUMETRIC IMAGES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84857645427     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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