Three-dimensional echocardiography: technical aspects and imaging modalities

Abstract

Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) is increasingly available in the veterinary field due to continuous reduction in costs and improve-ment of equipment. Much like its motion-mode and bi-dimensional counterparts, acquisition and analysis of RT3DE images and datasets is greatly improved by a thor-ough understanding of the technological aspects, basic physic principles, and knowledge of available modalities with their advantages and drawbacks. In this re-view, the authors aim to describe how the currently available RT3DE technology has evolved, explain technical aspects of the equipment, and illustrate the most com-monly available modalities for image acquisition and visualization.(c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords

Volume; Voxel; Transthoracic; Transesophageal

Published in

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
2024, volume: 51, pages: 53-63
Publisher: ELSEVIER

SLU Authors

• Tidholm, Anna

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Anicura Albano Small Animal Hospital

UKÄ Subject classification

Clinical Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2023.11.010

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/142349