A new omniplane transthoracic phased-array transducer aids in easier data acquisition for volume-rendered 3-dimensional echocardiography and also provides newer 2-dimensional imaging planes: Description and early clinical experience

Sugeng, Lissa; Cao, Qi‐Ling; Yeung, Hubert; Caldeira, Marjory; Delabays, Alain; Marx, Gerald R.; Vannan, Mani A.; Schwartz, Steven; Pandian, Natesa G.

doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(96)80721-2

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“…14, No. 6 tero-lateral wall of left ventricle on the right and inferior wall to the ventricular septum on the left. At about 120", the image is identical to an apical four-chamber view.…”

Section: Apical Windowmentioning

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Multiplane Transthoracic Echocardiography: Image Orientation, Anatomic Correlation, and Clinical Experience with a Prototype Phased Array Multiplane Surface Probe

et al. 1997

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Multiplane transthoracic echocardiography provides numerous sequential images by rotation of the transducer imaging array through 180 degrees with the surface probe at a fixed site. We explored the potential of this new technique with a 3.7/5-MHz prototype multiplane transthoracic probe. Echoanatomic correlations were first examined in ten explanted hearts. The transducer was then applied in 30 normal humans at transthoracic acoustic windows to determine the imaging planes available. Use of this probe in 76 patients with various cardiac disorders indicated that this probe eases the procedure of transthoracic echocardiographic examination, provides incremental information for improved delineation and understanding of cardiac pathology, and yields many novel insights to echocardiographic interpretation. Multiplane transthoracic echocardiography appears to expand the versatility of transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography.

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“…14, No. 6 tero-lateral wall of left ventricle on the right and inferior wall to the ventricular septum on the left. At about 120", the image is identical to an apical four-chamber view.…”

Section: Apical Windowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiplane Transthoracic Echocardiography: Image Orientation, Anatomic Correlation, and Clinical Experience with a Prototype Phased Array Multiplane Surface Probe

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Three-dimensional echocardiographic measurement of right ventricular volume in children with congenital heart disease validated by magnetic resonance imaging

Papavassiliou¹,

Parks²,

Hopkins³

et al. 1998

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

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Initial Experience with an Internally Rotating Transthoracic Three‐Dimensional Echocardiographic Probe and Image Acquisition on a Conventional Echocardiogram Machine

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Three-dimensional echocardiography has required motorized external scanning devices that move a standard echo transducer to obtain data sets before reconstruction. These transducer holders are susceptible to axis alignment errors and transducer movement. The use of a three-dimensional workstation makes acquisition cumbersome. An internally rotating 5-MHz "omniplane" transthoracic transducer, specifically designed for three-dimensional echocardiography, and an integrated three-dimensional acquisition software package that allows single machine acquisitions were validated in 50 pediatric patients. Children were 1 day to 16 years old and had 22 different cardiac pathological conditions imaged. Ninety-eight of the 104 (94%) data sets collected were successfully reconstructed in three dimensions. Acquisitions took 3-6 minutes depending on the increment of internal rotation. Minimum total study time to set up and complete the acquisition was 12 minutes. The new probe and software makes three-dimensional acquisitions and reconstructions of consistently high quality, rapid, reliable, and user friendly.

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A new omniplane transthoracic phased-array transducer aids in easier data acquisition for volume-rendered 3-dimensional echocardiography and also provides newer 2-dimensional imaging planes: Description and early clinical experience

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Multiplane Transthoracic Echocardiography: Image Orientation, Anatomic Correlation, and Clinical Experience with a Prototype Phased Array Multiplane Surface Probe

Multiplane Transthoracic Echocardiography: Image Orientation, Anatomic Correlation, and Clinical Experience with a Prototype Phased Array Multiplane Surface Probe

Three-dimensional echocardiographic measurement of right ventricular volume in children with congenital heart disease validated by magnetic resonance imaging

Initial Experience with an Internally Rotating Transthoracic Three‐Dimensional Echocardiographic Probe and Image Acquisition on a Conventional Echocardiogram Machine

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