Ultrasonic three-dimensional reconstruction of the heart.

The recent advances in ultrasound equipment, digital image acquisition, and display techniques made three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography a clinically feasible and exciting technique which allows objective analysis of structure and pathological conditions of complex geometry. In this report, different image acquisition techniques are described and compared. In our experience, with rotational scanning the acquisition of cross-sections for 3D reconstruction becomes an integral part of a routine diagnostic study, both with a multiplane transesophageal imaging transducer, and in precordial echocardiography. After digital reformatting and image processing, a volumetric data set is obtained, which allows the display of synthetic cross-sections in various orientations independent from the point of origin of the sector scan [anyplane two-dimensional (2D) imaging]. This also offers the possibility of volume quantification, without the assumption of theoretical geometrical model of the cavity. Finally, dynamic volume rendered display can be applied for the objective display of the anatomy and the complex relationship among the different structures.

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