Contrast-Enhanced High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging of Flow Patterns in Cardiac Chambers and Deep Vessels
| Autor: | Chee Hau Leow, Jason Voorneveld, Erik Groot Jebbink, Annemien E. van den Bosch, Steven Freear, Luzhen Nie, Hendrik J. Vos, Meng-Xing Tang, Johan G. Bosch |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Cardiology |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Cardiac function curve
Acoustics and Ultrasonics Computer science Biophysics UT-Hybrid-D Contrast Media 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences Imaging Three-Dimensional 0302 clinical medicine 0103 physical sciences High frame rate Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging 010301 acoustics Ultrasonography Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Ultrasound contrast agent Ultrasound Cardiac function Heart Vascular function Frame rate Particle image velocimetry Visualization Echo particle image velocimetry Ultrafast Flow (mathematics) Regional Blood Flow Cardiac chamber Blood Vessels Echography Current (fluid) business Vortex Forecasting Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 46(11), 2875-2890. Elsevier Inc. |
| ISSN: | 0301-5629 |
| Popis: | Cardiac function and vascular function are closely related to the flow of blood within. The flow velocities in these larger cavities easily reach 1 m/s, and generally complex spatiotemporal flow patterns are involved, especially in a non-physiologic state. Visualization of such flow patterns using ultrasound can be greatly enhanced by administration of contrast agents. Tracking the high-velocity complex flows is challenging with current clinical echographic tools, mostly because of limitations in signal-to-noise ratio; estimation of lateral velocities; and/or frame rate of the contrast-enhanced imaging mode. This review addresses the state of the art in 2-D high-frame-rate contrast-enhanced echography of ventricular and deep-vessel flow, from both technological and clinical perspectives. It concludes that current advanced ultrasound equipment is technologically ready for use in human contrast-enhanced studies, thus potentially leading to identification of the most clinically relevant flow parameters for quantifying cardiac and vascular function. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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