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Left ventricular image processing.

S Eiho·M Kuwahara·N Asada
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Left ventricular image processing methods of x-ray cineangiocardiograms and ultrasound echocardiograms are discussed. 3-D reconstruction methods of the left ventricle from ultrasound echocardiograms and magnetic resonance images are also discussed. Boundary detection of the left ventricle and the quantitative analysis of the left ventricular function and wall motion are discussed. To reconstruct 3-D shapes, we need several cross sectional shapes or silhouettes of the left ventricle. Several cross sectional echo images of apical long axis view are taken by changing the angles of rotation of the probe of echo transducer around its axis. Gated multi-phase MRI method is used to obtain each 2 cross sectional images in transverse, coronal and sagittal directions. Some results of 3-D shapes of the left ventricle and myocardium reconstructed are shown and 3-D functional images which give us regional functions of the left ventricular wall on three dimensional shape are shown.

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S Eiho, M Kuwahara, N Asada. 1987. Left ventricular image processing.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3361-3_10

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