Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Function: Tools for the Next Decade: 191 (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 191) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 079239884X ISBN 13: 9780792398844

Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

For over a quarter of a century, echocardiography has made an unparalleled contribution to clinical cardiology as a major tool for real-time imaging of cardiac dynamics. Echocardiography is widely used to assess cardiac function, and provides noninvasive information which is invaluable for the diagnosis of various disease states. In spite of its numerous advantages, in the clinical arena echocardiography has remained mostly qualitative and subjective. However, continued progress in our understanding of the interactions between ultrasound and tissue characteristics have brought about several new developments which allow quantitative analysis of ultrasound data. Among these new developments are endocardial boundary detection (frequently referred to as Acoustic Quantification), Color Kinesis and Doppler myocardial imaging.
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with the background necessary to understand and successfully utilize these methodologies. Chapters summarize in detail the studies that have validated these techniques thus far, and discuss their future applications.

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Synopsis

Echocardiography has made a significant contribution to clinical cardiology as a major tool for real-time imaging of cardiac dynamics. The technique is widely used to assess cardiac function, and provides non-invasive information which is invaluable for the diagnosis of various disease states. In spite of its numerous advantages, in the clinical arena echocardiography has remained mostly qualitative and subjective. However, continued progress in our understanding of the interactions between ultrasound and tissue characteristics have brought about several developments which allow quantitative analysis of ultrasound data. Among these developments are endocardial boundary detection (frequently referred to as acoustic quantification), colour kinesis and Doppler myocardial imaging. The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with the background necessary to understand and successfully utilize these methodologies. The book summarizes in detail the studies that have validated these techniques thus far, and discusses their future applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079239884X
• ISBN 13: 9780792398844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Pérez Julio E., Lang Roberto M.