[Echocardiography with reconstructed M-mode: technical aspects and clinical applications].
Reconstructed M-mode imaging is a new post-processing technique that permits the reconstruction of any cardiac structure and flow from cine-loops of different sources (tissue, color Doppler and tissue Doppler cine-loops) in M-mode format. This technique can be useful in a number of clinical situations and can facilitate the echocardiographic examination, allowing for correct and easy M-mode analysis to be performed at any time, both at the patient's bedside as well as off-line. In this paper the fundamental technical features and current clinical applications of reconstructed M-mode imaging are illustrated and discussed.
Mele
Donato
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U.O. di Cardiologia e UTIC, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Corso Giovecca, 203, 44100 Ferrara. donatomele@libero.it
D'Aiello
Incoronata
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Teoli
Roberta
R
Ferrari
Roberto
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D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000379:methods; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011226:Pre-Excitation Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*