title: Computer methods in quantitation of cardiac wall parameters from two dimensional echocardiograms: a survey.
abstract: With increasing use of two-dimensional echocardiograms (2DE) for diagnosis [1, 2], efforts to computerize the process of quantification of cardiac parameters have increased. Visual processing of echocardiograms is time and labor intensive, and usually provides qualitative results with subjective variations [3]. In contrast, computer assisted methods are efficient and provide quantitative reproducible results. On the basis of the extent of computer usage, the 2DE processing methods are classified into three categories, namely, manual [9-30], interactive [32-49], and automatic methods [51-82]. This work is a structured survey of the published research on these three categories.
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Dept., S.U.N.Y. Buffalo 14260.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Revankar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted