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Left ventricular 4D echocardiogram motion and shape analysis.

Weichih Hu·M T Wu·C P Liu·Liang-Ye Shyu·Tsui Lieh Hsu
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The article describes the methodology and the processes of modeling the function and the motion of left ventricle using transesophageal echocardiograph. The parameters can be used in studying the functionality of left ventricle, the status of abnormality of myocardial, and the geometric and morphological of left ventricle in shape analysis. The parameters describes the motion of left ventricle are the left ventricular (LV) floating long axis, the morphological parameters. The LV morphological parameters describe the wall motion, the LV chamber cavity variation, the effective R-ratio of endomyocardial chamber of LV, the area surface curvature, and the global surface curvature circularity. The parameters such as stroke volume, ejection fraction used in evaluation of LV functions are also extracted.

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Weichih Hu, M T Wu, C P Liu, Liang-Ye Shyu, Tsui Lieh Hsu. 2002. Left ventricular 4D echocardiogram motion and shape analysis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0041-624x(02)00244-5

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