A new technique in echocardiology: B-mode to M-mode transformation.
In conventional two-dimensional Echocardiography with sector scanning, M-mode is simultaneously displayed on TV-monitor as the time based ultrasound signals. With conventional system, one end of the cursor-line in B-mode image which indicates the beam direction of M-mode, is always fixed at the point corresponding to the transducer tip. This system has the capability to transform B-mode to M-mode images in any desired direction. However, the time resolution in M-mode is limited to about 33 milli-seconds.
D001699:Biometry; D003626:Data Display; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans