Artifacts in three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 453-462

  Faletra, Francesco Fulvio ^a   Ramamurthi, Alamelu ^b   Dequarti, Maria Cristina ^a   Leo, Laura Anna ^a   Moccetti, Tiziano ^a   Pandian, Natesa ^b  

^a DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Percutaneous catheter based interventions; Three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; ARTIFACT; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; GUIDING CATHETER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE LEAFLET; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES;

ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84899492159     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.02.003     Document Type: Review

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