[Computer analysis of echocardiograms].
Owing to its non-invasive nature, echocardiography, is widely used in many fields of clinical sciences. Especially in cardiology, real-time pictures of the beating heart are now essential in clinical practice. With recent developments of computer technology, various aspects of computerization have been introduced into echocardiography. Analysis of cardiac function became easier by automated echocardiography with three dimensional framework, length-tension-velocity. A 3-dimensional view of the heart could also be obtained by computerized image processing of serial echocardiograms. The results of the automated analysis by computer were in good agreement with those with manual measurements. Therefore, the computer processing is valid. These kinds of computer image processing of echocardiograms would be useful in various clinical settings.
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University.
D003199:Computer Systems; D004452:Echocardiography; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted