Quantification of flow volume with a new digital three‐dimensional color Doppler flow approach: an in vitro study.

The quantification of flow stroke volume is important for evaluation of patients with cardiac dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. Three‐dimensional digital color Doppler flow imaging allows the acquisition of flow data in an orientation approximately parallel to flow and analysis of the Doppler flow velocities perpendicular to flow (cross‐sectional flow calculation). This in vitro study assessed the applicability of this method for quantifying cardiac output in a funnel‐shaped tube model similar to mitral inflow or the left ventricular outflow tract.

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