New three-dimensional echocardiographic system using digital radiofrequency data--visualization and quantitative analysis of aortic valve dynamics with high resolution: methods, feasibility, and initial clinical experience

Circulation
Michael HandkeAnnette Geibel

Abstract

Common 3D systems have only limited spatial and temporal resolution (frame rate of 25 Hz). Thin structures such as cardiac valves are not imaged exactly; rapid movement patterns cannot be precisely recorded. The objective of the present project was to achieve radiofrequency (RF) data transmission to the 3D workstation to improve image resolution. A commercially available echocardiographic system (5-MHz transesophageal echocardiography probe) with an integrated raw data interface enables transmission of RF data (up to 40 megabytes per second). A 3D data set may contain up to 3 gigabytes, so that all of the high-resolution ultrasound information of the 2D image is available. Frame rates of up to 168 Hz result in temporal resolution 6 times that of standard 3D systems. The applicability of the system and the image quality were tested in 10 patients. The structure of the aortic valve and the dynamic changes were depicted by volume rendering. The changes in the orifice areas were measured in frame-by-frame planimetry. The mean number of frames recorded per cardiac cycle was 122+/-16. The improved structural resolution enabled a detailed imaging of the morphology of the aortic cusps. The rapid systolic movement patterns were recorded...Continue Reading

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