Title :
Software package for echocardiographic quantification: Leuven (SPEQLE)
Author :
De Man, B. ; D´hooge, J. ; Bijnens, B. ; Nuyts, J. ; Herregods, M.-C. ; Suetens, P. ; Van de Werf, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Cardiology, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
Quantification is becoming increasingly important in echocardiography. Therefore, the authors have developed a software package, called ´Speqle´, that provides an interface to different types of echocardiographic data, including radio-frequency (RF) data, video data and synchronized physiological signals, enabling manipulation of these data via an event-driven user interface. Several classical and ultrasonic tissue characterization (UTC) parameters can be calculated. Speqle has proved its usefulness in several experiments. As an illustration, three experiments are described.
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; echocardiography; medical image processing; software packages; Leuven; SPEQLE; data manipulation; echocardiographic quantification software package; event-driven user interface; medical diagnostic imaging; radiofrequency data; synchronized physiological signals; ultrasonic tissue characterization parameters; video data; Biomedical imaging; Cardiology; Demodulation; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Myocardium; RF signals; Radio frequency; Software packages; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 1996
Conference_Location :
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3710-7
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1996.542630