title: Imaging Artifacts in Echocardiography.
abstract: Artifacts are frequently encountered during echocardiographic examinations. An understanding of the physics and underlying assumptions of ultrasound processing involved with image generation is important for accurate interpretation of 2D grayscale, spectral Doppler, color flow Doppler, and 3D artifacts and their clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: From the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Huong T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hangiandreou
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Timmerman
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: W Brit
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deitte
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Janelle
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019561:Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional; D006801:Humans; D010825:Physics; D014465:Ultrasonics