Developments in cardiac ultrasound.
This article gives an overview of recent developments in cardiac ultrasound for the general hospital physician. It discusses contrast echocardiography, harmonic imaging, three-dimensional echocardiography, Doppler tissue imaging and perfusion imaging and give an outlook on future perspectives.
Plein
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Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary.
Williams
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D003287:Contrast Media; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008863:Microspheres
D003287:Contrast Media