User-friendly and low-cost computer system for immediate review, analysis, and reconstruction of intracoronary ultrasound images

C J Vrints; J Bosmans; M J Claeys; J P Snoeck

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199803)43:3<357::aid-ccd26>3.0.co;2-h

User-friendly and low-cost computer system for immediate review, analysis, and reconstruction of intracoronary ultrasound images

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1998 Mar;43(3):357-62. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199803)43:3<357::aid-ccd26>3.0.co;2-h.

Authors

C J Vrints¹, J Bosmans, M J Claeys, J P Snoeck

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium. vrints@uia.ua.ac.be

PMID: 9535382
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199803)43:3<357::aid-ccd26>3.0.co;2-h

Abstract

Rapid review, digital recording, on-line quantification, and three-dimensional reconstruction are all essential in the evaluation of intracoronary ultrasound images during coronary interventions. We describe a low-cost method that offers all these necessary features. The proposed method uses the QuickTime compatible video digitizers of standard multimedia Apple Macintosh or PowerPC desktop computers and the freeware software Object Image 1.60.

MeSH terms

Computer Systems / economics*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ultrasonography, Interventional / economics*
Ultrasonography, Interventional / instrumentation
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*
User-Computer Interface*