The improvement in the quality and diagnostic value of ultrasound images has been an
ongoing research theme for the last three decades. Cardiac ultrasound suffers from a wide …

Real-time 3-D echocardiography opens up the possibility of interactive, fast 3-D analysis of
cardiac anatomy and function. However, at the present time its quantitative power cannot be …

Registration of three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) volumes is necessary in several
applications, such as when stitching volumes to expand the field of view or when stabilizing …

Real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE) promises a more objective and complete cardiac
functional analysis by dynamic 3D image acquisition. Despite several efforts towards …

The advent of real-time 3-D echocardiography (RT3DE) promised dynamic 3-D image
acquisition with the potential of a more objective and complete functional analysis. In spite of …

Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) permits the acquisition and
visualization of the beating heart in 3D. However, its actual utility is limited due to missing …

Background A significant limitation of existing 3D ultrasound systems comes from the fact
that the majority of them work with fixed acquisition geometries. As a result, the users have …

Echocardiography (echo) is a widely available method to obtain images of the heart;
however, echo can suffer due to the presence of artefacts, high noise and a restricted field of …

A novel system for fusing 3-D echocardiography data sets from complementary acoustic
windows was evaluated in 12 healthy volunteers and 12 patients with heart failure. We …

A robust and efficient approach to reconstruction of the descending thoracic aorta from
contiguous 3-D transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) images is proposed. An ad hoc …