1st Edition

Medical Imaging Systems Techniques and Applications Cardiovascular Systems

By Cornelius T Leondes Copyright 1997

    First Published in 2004. This is Volume I of six of a series on medical imaging systems techniques and applications. This subject area exemplifies a meaningful manifestation of the power of the technologies of the second industrial revolution. The first chapter in this volume on cardiovascular systems emphasizes the importance of accurate measurements of cardiac shape and dynamics as they reflect the scope of cardiac diseases, the major cause of mortality in developed countries today. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in this regard, and almost the only one in this clinical context.

    Chapter 1 Three Dimensional Analysis of Heart Geometry and Function, Haim Azhari, Rafael Beyar, Samuel Sideman; Chapter 2 Techniques in the Assessment of the Left Ventricular Function, Abd–El–Ouahab Boudraa; Chapter 3 *This research was supported in part by a grant from Siemens., Cheuk L. Chan, A.K. Katsaggelos, A.V. Sahakian; Chapter 4 *Portions reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 12, pages 588–599, September 1993; IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 14, pages 151–161, March 1995. ©1993, 1995 IEEE., Milan Sonka, Steve M. Collins; Chapter 5 *Portions reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 14, December 1995. ©1995 IEEE., Milan Sonka, Charles R. Mckay, Clemens von Birgelen;

    Biography

    Cornelius T. Leondes Professor Emeritus University of California at Los Angeles