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Dynamic cardiac imaging using a focused, phased-array ultrasound system.

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Kisslo, JA; vonRamm, OT; Thurstone, FL
Published in: Am J Med
July 1977

A two-dimensional ultrasound imaging system capable of producing high resolution, cross-sectional images of the heart in real-time has been developed. This system relies upon phased-array principles to rapidly steer and focus the ultrasound beam through the cardiac structures under investigation. A hand-held, linear array of 24 transducers is manipulated on the anterior chest wall to image various cardiac structures. Images of high line density are presented in selectable sector arcs to a maximum of 90 degrees. This imaging system has proved particularly useful for the detection of a variety of left ventricular and cardiac valvular disease.

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Am J Med

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ISSN

0002-9343

Publication Date

July 1977

Volume

63

Issue

1

Start / End Page

61 / 68

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transducers
  • Image Enhancement
  • Humans
  • Heart Diseases
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Echocardiography
  • Computers
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Kisslo, J. A., vonRamm, O. T., & Thurstone, F. L. (1977). Dynamic cardiac imaging using a focused, phased-array ultrasound system. Am J Med, 63(1), 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(77)90118-8
Kisslo, J. A., O. T. vonRamm, and F. L. Thurstone. “Dynamic cardiac imaging using a focused, phased-array ultrasound system.Am J Med 63, no. 1 (July 1977): 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(77)90118-8.
Kisslo JA, vonRamm OT, Thurstone FL. Dynamic cardiac imaging using a focused, phased-array ultrasound system. Am J Med. 1977 Jul;63(1):61–8.
Kisslo, J. A., et al. “Dynamic cardiac imaging using a focused, phased-array ultrasound system.Am J Med, vol. 63, no. 1, July 1977, pp. 61–68. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0002-9343(77)90118-8.
Kisslo JA, vonRamm OT, Thurstone FL. Dynamic cardiac imaging using a focused, phased-array ultrasound system. Am J Med. 1977 Jul;63(1):61–68.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Med

DOI

ISSN

0002-9343

Publication Date

July 1977

Volume

63

Issue

1

Start / End Page

61 / 68

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transducers
  • Image Enhancement
  • Humans
  • Heart Diseases
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Echocardiography
  • Computers
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences