Multi-View 3-D Fusion Echocardiography: Enhancing Clinical Feasibility with a Novel Processing Technique

A novel system for fusing 3-D echocardiography data sets from complementary acoustic windows was evaluated in 12 healthy volunteers and 12 patients with heart failure. We hypothesized that 3-D fusion would enable 3-D echocardiography in patients with limited acoustic windows. At least nine 3-D data sets were recorded, while three infrared cameras tracked the position and orientation of the transducer and chest respiratory movements. Corresponding 2-D planes of the fused 3-D data sets and of single-view 3-D data sets were assessed for image quality and compared with measurements of left ventricular function obtained with contrast 2-D echocardiography.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - August 10, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Tyler Lamb, Victoria Sarban, Miriam Shanks, Eila Mirhadi, Abhilash Hareendranathan, Michelle Noga, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Pierre Boulanger, Harald Becher Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research