Meyer / Schweizer / Erbel Advances in Noninvasive Cardiology

Ultrasound, computed tomography, radioisotopes, digital angiography
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-94-009-6720-5
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 270 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, J.

Schweizer, Peter

Erbel, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Advances in Methodology.- 1. Computer structures for digital imaging.- 2. Digital optical recording — the key to mass picture storage.- 3. Advances and perspectives in ultrasound technology.- 4. Automatic evaluation of left ventricular contour from two-dimensional echocardiography.- 5. Clinical implications of transesophageal echocardiography. Present status and future aspects.- 6. Noninvasive evaluation and quantification of regional myocardial blood flow.- II. Quantification of Global Ventricular Function.- 7. Present status of digital angiocardiography.- 8. Quantification of left ventricular function by two-dimensional echocardiography.- 9. Imaging of the left ventricle by contrast echocardiography.- 10. Quantification of left ventricular function by Doppler ultrasound.- 11. Scintigraphic methods for quantifying global left ventricular function.- 12. Quantification of left ventricular function by computed tomography.- III. Regional Wall Motion in Myocardial Ischemia.- 13. Early changes in transmural ischemia: an overview on detection capabilities offered by echocardiographic and nuclear techniques in man.- 14. Regional wall motion during stress testing: a comparison between atrial pacing and isometric hand grip.- 15. Digital imaging of the left ventricle by peripheral contrast injection. Detection of impaired global and regional left ventricular function.- 16. Combined cardiac cineangiography and peripheral digital subtraction angiography.- IV. Detection and Quantification of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 17. Technical aspects of precordial ECG-mapping.- 18. Abilities and limitations of precordial mapping in acute myocardial infarction.- 19. Detection and quantification of acute myocardial infarction by two-dimensional echocardiography.- 20. Detection andquantification of acute myocardial infarction by myocardial scintigraphy.- 21. Transmission computed tomography in acute myocardial infarction.- V. Tissue Analysis.- 22. Tissue quantification by ultrasound. Technical aspects.- 23. Approaches to myocardial tissue characterization using ultrasound echo amplitude information.- 24. Digital analysis of echo-signals for tissue characterization.- 25. Digital two-dimensional echocardiography: line-mode data acquisition, image processing and approaches to quantitation.- 26. Analysis of myocardial structure by computed tomography.- 27. Analysis of coronary bypass graft patency by computed tomography.