Happy 100th Birthday AHA! It is possible to image the moving heart after all. 2024 is the 70th anniversary of ...

3-D echo provides more accurate measurements of heart muscle function and a better view of heart valves than possible before, Garcia tells WebMD. "It also provides automatic measurement of heart ...

Echocardiography— the most common form ... in 85% to 99% of cases (although there was a lower rate for a single measurement). Blinded reviewers rated the quality of the images as excellent ...

[1] While contrast agents have not been a critical part of image acquisition in echocardiography, image quality may be suboptimal, particularly in obese patients, in critically ill, ventilated ...

Source Reference: Kagiyama N "Artificial Intelligence-based automated ECHOcardiographic measurements and the workflow of sonographers (AI-ECHO): Randomized crossover trial" AHA 2024.

These measurements are critical to accurately assess left ventricular structure and function, a major aspect of heart health. "This work represents an advance in AI for echocardiography ...