Can echocardiographic particle image velocimetry correctly detect motion patterns as they occur in blood inside heart chambers? A validation study using moving phantoms

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Prinz, Christian ^a,d   Faludi, Reka ^a,e   Walker, Andrew ^b   Amzulescu, Mihaela ^a   Gao, Hang ^a   Uejima, Tokuhisa ^c   Fraser, Alan G ^c   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blood flow patterns; Echocardiography; Phantoms; PIV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VALIDATION STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84861815880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-10-24     Document Type: Article

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