Quantitative harmonic 3D echocardiography with a fast rotating ultrasound transducer

Author

Voormolen, M.M. ; Krenning, B.J. ; Lancée, C.T. ; ten Cate, F.J. ; Roelandt, J.R.T.C. ; van der Steen, A.F.W. ; de Jong, N.

Author_Institution

Interuniv. Cardiology Inst. of the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

122

Abstract

Left ventricular (LV) volume and function measurement is the most common clinical referral question in the echocardiography laboratory. A fast, practical and accurate method would facilitate access to this important diagnostic information. We developed a fast rotating phased array transducer for 3D harmonic imaging of the heart, which makes fast and accurate LV volume and function measurement feasible. In this manuscript the implementation and validation of the data processing is described.

Keywords

echocardiography; harmonics; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic transducer arrays; 3D echocardiography; 3D harmonic imaging; data processing; fast rotating phased array transducer; fast rotating ultrasound transducer; function measurement; left ventricular volume; quantitative harmonics; Echocardiography; Heart; Laboratories; Phase measurement; Phased arrays; Rotation measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Volume measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics, 2003 IEEE Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7922-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.2003.1293369

Filename

1293369