System and method to measure cardiac ejection fraction
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1. A method to determine cardiac ejection volume of a heart comprising:
- positioning an ultrasound transceiver to probe a first portion of a heart of a patient, a transceiver adapted to obtain 3D images;
recording a first 3D image during an end-systole time point;
recording a second 3D image during an end-diastole time point;
enhancing the images of a heart in a 3D images with a plurality of algorithms;
measuring the volume of a left ventricle from the enhanced images of a first and second 3D images; and
calculating a change in volume of a left ventricle between a first and second 3D images.
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Abstract
A system and method to acquire 3D ultrasound-based images during the end-systole and end end-diastole time points of a cardiac cycle to allow determination of the change and percentage change in left ventricle volume at the time points.
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1. A method to determine cardiac ejection volume of a heart comprising:
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positioning an ultrasound transceiver to probe a first portion of a heart of a patient, a transceiver adapted to obtain 3D images;
recording a first 3D image during an end-systole time point;
recording a second 3D image during an end-diastole time point;
enhancing the images of a heart in a 3D images with a plurality of algorithms;
measuring the volume of a left ventricle from the enhanced images of a first and second 3D images; and
calculating a change in volume of a left ventricle between a first and second 3D images. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. A method to determine cardiac ejection volume comprising:
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positioning an ultrasound transceiver to probe a first portion of a heart of a patient, to obtain a first 3D images at the end-systole time point;
re-positioning the ultrasound transceiver to probe a second portion of a heart to obtain a second 3D image at the end-diastole time point;
enhancing the images of a heart in a 3D images with a plurality of algorithms;
registering the scanplanes of a first 3D image with a second 3D image;
associating the registered scanplanes into a composite array;
determining the change in volume of a left ventricle of a heart in the composite array.
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4. A system for determining cardiac ejection fraction of a subject comprising:
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an electrocardiograph in signal communication with the subject to determine the end-systole and end-diastole time points of the subject;
an ultrasound transceiver in signal communication with the electrocardiograph and positioned to acquire 3D images at the end-systole and the end-diastole time points determined by the electrocardiograph;
a computer system in communication with the transceiver, a computer system having a microprocessor and a memory, the memory further containing stored programming instructions operable by the microprocessor to associate the plurality of scanplanes of each array, and the memory further containing instructions operable by the microprocessor to determine the change in volume of a left ventricle of a heart at the end systole and end diastole time points. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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