title: Clinical use of Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in pediatric cardiology.
abstract: Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography is a technique that allows three-dimensional imaging without any geometrical assumptions or need for reconstruction from two-dimensional images. This imaging technique should be particularly useful in the pediatric population, for whom a complex cardiac anatomy must be defined. We review the potential usefulness of real-time three-dimensional imaging in the pediatric population and the potential limitations associated with this technique.
authors.affiliation: The Clinical Care Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mizelle
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sahn
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity