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| Murta Jr.,L.O.; Ruiz,E.E.S.; Pazin-Filho,A.; Schmidt,A.; Almeida-Filho,O.C.; Simões,M.V.; Marin-Neto,J.A.; Maciel,B.C.. |
| The present study describes an auxiliary tool in the diagnosis of left ventricular (LV) segmental wall motion (WM) abnormalities based on color-coded echocardiographic WM images. An artificial neural network (ANN) was developed and validated for grading LV segmental WM using data from color kinesis (CK) images, a technique developed to display the timing and magnitude of global and regional WM in real time. We evaluated 21 normal subjects and 20 patients with LVWM abnormalities revealed by two-dimensional echocardiography. CK images were obtained in two sets of viewing planes. A method was developed to analyze CK images, providing quantitation of fractional area change in each of the 16 LV segments. Two experienced observers analyzed LVWM from... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Artificial neural network; Color kinesis images; Left ventricular function. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000100001 |
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