Use of an automatic application for wall motion classification based on longitudinal strain: Is it affected by operator expertise in echocardiography? A multicentre study by the Israeli Echocardiography Research Group

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-262

  Blondheim, David S ^a   Friedman, Zvi ^b   Lysyansky, Peter ^b   Kuperstein, Rafael ^c   Hay, Ilan ^c   Feinberg, Micha S ^c   Beeri, Ronen ^d   Vaturi, Mordehay ^e   Sagie, Alik ^e   Shimoni, Sarah ^f   Fehske, Wolfgang ^g   Deutsch, Lisa ^b   Leitman, Marina ^h   Gilon, Dan ^d   Agmon, Yoram ⁱ   Tsadok, Yossi ^j   Rosenmann, David ^k   Liel Cohen, Noah ^l  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b General Electric   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g ST VINZENZ HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^h ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^k SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^l BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Automated scoring; Echocardiography; Segmental strain; Speckle tracking; Wall motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOB EXPERIENCE; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84863824736     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer182     Document Type: Article

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