On the correlation between the texture of contrast agent ultrasonic image and the intracardiac pressure / 生物医学工程学杂志
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
; (6): 52-55, 2003.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-311110
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ABSTRACT
Based on the application of box-counting fractal model to the texture analysis of ultrasonic image after intravenous injection of Levovist acoustics contrast agent in a dog, this paper presents a method to calculate the fractal dimension(D) and assistant characteristic (C(L)) of the ultrasonic images of left ventricle. It was found that the D and C(L) changed regularly in the continued cardiac cycles, that is, the maximum value of D appears during diastasis, the minimum value appears during end-systole; as the ventricular systole begins, D changes from maximum to smallness, and as the diastole begins, D changes from smallness to maximum; the maximum value of C(L) appears around end-systole, the minimum value appears around diastasis; from the start of left ventricular systole to end-systole, C(l) shows a tendency to change from smallness to maximum, and from the start of diastole to diastasis, it shows a tendency to change from maximum to smallness. The changes of D and C(L) are very similar to the changes of left ventricular pressure. It is thus evident that there is correlation between the fractal texture characteristics of the contrast agent ultrasonic images and the changes of intracardiac pressure. The results demonstrate that it is possible to measure the intracardiac pressure noninvasively.
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Assunto principal:
Fisiologia
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Polissacarídeos
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Algoritmos
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Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador
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Ecocardiografia
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Pressão Ventricular
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Meios de Contraste
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Métodos
Limite:
Animais
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo