New direction of biplane transesophageal echocardiography with special emphasis on real-time biplane imaging and matrix phased-array biplane transducer

R Omoto; S Kyo; M Matsumura; H Adachi; M Maruyama; T Matsunaka

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00422.x

New direction of biplane transesophageal echocardiography with special emphasis on real-time biplane imaging and matrix phased-array biplane transducer

Echocardiography. 1990 Nov;7(6):691-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00422.x.

Authors

R Omoto¹, S Kyo, M Matsumura, H Adachi, M Maruyama, T Matsunaka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.

PMID: 10149213
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00422.x

Abstract

This article reports on the technical aspects of an online real-time biplane transesophageal echocardiographic imaging system and of a single-matrix, phased-array transducer capable of transverse and longitudinal scanning.

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Echocardiography, Doppler / instrumentation*
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods
Equipment Design
Esophagus
Feasibility Studies
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Software
Transducers*