Advances in Noninvasive Cardiology: Ultrasound, computed tomography, radioisotopes, digital angiography

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Computer Structures for Digital Imaging....Pages 1-11
Digital Optical Recording — The Key to Mass Picture Storage....Pages 13-20
Advances and Perspectives in Ultrasound Technology....Pages 21-26
Automatic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Contour from Two-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 27-29
Clinical Implications of Transesophageal Echocardiography Present Status and Future Aspects....Pages 31-37
Noninvasive Evaluation and Quantification of Regional Myocardial Blood Flow....Pages 39-49
Present Status of Digital Angiocardiography....Pages 51-66
Quantification of Left Ventricular Function by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 67-80
Imaging of the Left Ventricle by Contrast Echocardiography....Pages 81-89
Quantification of Left Ventricular Function by Doppler Ultrasound....Pages 91-96
Scintigraphic Methods for Quantifying Global Left Ventricular Function....Pages 97-108
Quantification of Left Ventricular Function by Computed Tomography....Pages 109-121
Early Changes in Transmural Ischemia: An Overview on Detection Capabilities Offered by Echocardiographic and Nuclear Techniques in Man....Pages 123-131
Regional Wall Motion during Stress Testing: A Comparison between Atrial Pacing and Isometric Hand Grip....Pages 133-142
Digital Imaging of the Left Ventricle by Peripheral Contrast Injection Detection of Impaired Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function....Pages 143-150
Combined Cardiac Cineangiography and Peripheral Digital Subtraction Angiography....Pages 151-156
Technical Aspects of Precordial ECG-Mapping....Pages 157-165
Abilities and Limitations of Precordial Mapping in Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 167-172
Detection and Quantification of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 173-179
Detection and Quantification of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Myocardial Scintigraphy....Pages 181-192
Transmission Computed Tomography in Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 193-204
Tissue Quantification by Ultrasound. Technical Aspects....Pages 205-210
Approaches to Myocardial Tissue Characterization Using Ultrasound Echo Amplitude Information....Pages 211-221
Digital Analysis of Echo-Signals for Tissue Characterization....Pages 223-235
Digital Two-Dimensional Echocardiography: Line-Mode Data Acquisition, Image Processing, and Approaches to Quantitation....Pages 237-247
Analysis of Myocardial Structure by Computed Tomography....Pages 249-258
Analysis of Coronary Bypass Graft Patency by Computed Tomography....Pages 259-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-268