title: [Automatic assessment of left ventricular cavity area by the automated contour tracking method].
abstract: Measurements of left ventricular cavity area by the manual tracing method from apical four-chamber views were compared with those using the automated contour tracking (ACT) method. Nine consecutive patients in whom clear images were obtained by two-dimensional echocardiography were studied, and left ventricular end-diastolic, end-systolic areas an fractional area changes were calculated using the ACT method. The ACT method slightly underestimated left ventricular cavity areas, but excellent correlations were obtained with left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic areas between the ACT and manual methods (r = 0.99, SEE = 1.5 cm2; r = 0.99, SEE = 1.2 cm2; respectively). Manual tracing fractional area change correlated well with that by the ACT method (r = 0.95, SEE = 3.4%). The ACT method provides accurate estimates of the area of the left ventricular cavity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kobe Central Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamuro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D002306:Cardiac Volume; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*