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A new echocardiographic method for identifying vortex flow in the left ventricle: numerical validation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20381947     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A new mathematical method for estimating velocity vectors from color Doppler datasets is proposed to image blood flow dynamics; this method has been called echodynamography or vector flow mapping (VFM). In this method, the concept of stream function is exploited to expand a 2-D distribution of radial velocities in polar coordinates, observed with color Doppler, to a 2-D distribution of velocity vectors. This study was designed to validate VFM using 3-D numerical flow models. Velocity fields were reconstructed from the virtual color Doppler datasets derived from the models. VFM captured the gross features of flow structures and produced comparable images of the distribution of vorticity, which correlated significantly with the original field (for velocity magnitudes, standard error of estimate = 0.003 to 0.007 m/s; for vorticity, standard error of estimate = 0.35 to 2.01/s). VFM may be sensitive for depicting flow structures derived from color Doppler velocities with reasonable accuracy.
Authors:
Tokuhisa Uejima; Akira Koike; Hitoshi Sawada; Tadanori Aizawa; Shigeo Ohtsuki; Motonao Tanaka; Tetsushi Furukawa; Alan G Fraser
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Validation Studies     Date:  2010-04-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Ultrasound in medicine & biology     Volume:  36     ISSN:  1879-291X     ISO Abbreviation:  Ultrasound Med Biol     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-27     Completed Date:  2010-08-05     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410553     Medline TA:  Ultrasound Med Biol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  772-88     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, the Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo, Japan. t.uejima@nifty.ne.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms*
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Computer Simulation
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Echocardiography / methods*
Heart Ventricles / ultrasonography*
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Models, Cardiovascular
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*

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