[Contrast enhancement using the triggered imaging].
Triggered imaging has been introduced as a practical method to improve contrast echo enhancement by T.R. Porter, Nebraska, U.S.A. in 1995. It requires a simple instrumentation, ECG or internal timer, for intermittent ultrasound imaging that reduces contrast attenuation due to ultrasound exposure. Currently, a clear myocardial contrast echo done by intravenous injection of contrast agent has become a common result when the latest generation agents, machines and the new methods are available. Contrast echocardiography is expected to be able to evaluate myocardial perfusion for future direction.
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine.
Masuyama
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Kuzuya
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Hori
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D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D007089:Image Enhancement
D003287:Contrast Media