Three-dimensional echocardiography using a muliplane transesophageal probe: the clinical applications.
The use of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography has provided three-dimensional image sets of the heart from multiple two-dimensional images with high-image quality through rotation of the transducer without changing its position (rotational scanning). We discuss the methods, clinical applications, and current limitations of this three-dimensional technique.
Hozumi
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Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Yoshikawa
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D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity