Inspired by the difference is ultrasound image information between fundamental tomography (sending and receiving frequency 3.5 MHz), tissue harmonic method (sending frequency 1.75 MHz/receiving frequency 3.5 MHz), and tissue harmonic method+B-color method (sepia tone) in echocardiography, conditions of image acquisition for minimizing operator variability in ultrasound image acquisition were investigated. Furthermore, differences between fundamental tomography and fundamental tomography+B-color method were also investigated.
Fundamental tomography+tissue harmonic method and fundamental tomography+B-color method were found to be useful in both the group with normal left ventricular motion and group with abnormal left ventricular motion in minimizing operator variability in ultrasound image acquisition. The results of this study suggested that the addition of the B-color method was useful particularly in the group with abnormal left ventricular wall motion.
It seems necessary to improve the accuracy in ultrasound image acquisition through judicious combination of fundamental tomography with the tissue harmonic method or the B-color method to obtain ultrasound image information with the lowest operator variability possible.
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