Title :
Historical perspective of the development of echocardiography and myocardial ultrasound
Author_Institution :
Tohoku Welfare Pention Hosp., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, two kinds of ultrasonic methods, which have been developed in the authors´ laboratory, are discussed. The first is the application of ultrasound to measurement of the cardiac structure. The second is the application of ultrasound to the measurement of cardiac function
Keywords :
echocardiography; history; muscle; cardiac function measurement; cardiac structure measurement; medical diagnostic imaging; myocardial ultrasound; ultrasonic methods; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Heart; Hospitals; Laboratories; Myocardium; Speckle; Two dimensional displays; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 1998. Proceedings., 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sendai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4095-7
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.1998.765232
