TY - JOUR
T1 - Computer system for four-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic image reconstruction
AU - Duann, J. R.
AU - Lin, S. B.
AU - Hu, W. C.
AU - Su, J. L.
PY - 1999/7
Y1 - 1999/7
N2 - This paper presents a system for reconstructing a four-dimensional (4D) heart-beating image from transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) data acquired with a rotational approach. The system consists of the necessary processing modules for two-dimensional (2D) echocardiogram reformation and 3D/4D-image reconstruction. These include the modules of image decoding, image re-coordinating, and three-dimensional (3D) volume rendering. The system is implemented under PC platform with Windows 95 operating system (with Intel Pentium-166 CPU, 64MB RAM on board, and 2.0 GB hard disk capacity). It takes 6 min to reconstruct a 4D echocardiographic data set. The resultant 2D/3D/4D echocardiographic image provide the tools for investigating the phenomenon of heart beating, exploring the heart structure, and reformatting the 2D echocardiograms in an arbitrary plane. The functions provided by the system can be applied for further studies, such as 3D cardiac shape analysis, cardiac function measurement, and so forth.
AB - This paper presents a system for reconstructing a four-dimensional (4D) heart-beating image from transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) data acquired with a rotational approach. The system consists of the necessary processing modules for two-dimensional (2D) echocardiogram reformation and 3D/4D-image reconstruction. These include the modules of image decoding, image re-coordinating, and three-dimensional (3D) volume rendering. The system is implemented under PC platform with Windows 95 operating system (with Intel Pentium-166 CPU, 64MB RAM on board, and 2.0 GB hard disk capacity). It takes 6 min to reconstruct a 4D echocardiographic data set. The resultant 2D/3D/4D echocardiographic image provide the tools for investigating the phenomenon of heart beating, exploring the heart structure, and reformatting the 2D echocardiograms in an arbitrary plane. The functions provided by the system can be applied for further studies, such as 3D cardiac shape analysis, cardiac function measurement, and so forth.
KW - Concentric interpolation
KW - Four-dimensional echocardiography
KW - Image re-coordination
KW - Image reconstruction
KW - Image reformation
KW - Transesophageal echocardiography
KW - Volume rendering
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U2 - 10.1016/S0895-6111(99)00016-6
DO - 10.1016/S0895-6111(99)00016-6
M3 - 期刊論文
C2 - 10551723
AN - SCOPUS:0032834695
SN - 0895-6111
VL - 23
SP - 173
EP - 179
JO - Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
JF - Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
IS - 4
ER -