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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Olivier Gerard, Viroflay, FR;
Pascal Allain, Versailles, FR;
Heinrich Beckermann, Herrenberg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system and method are provided for determining at least one torsion angle of a left ventricle. The method includes the steps of collecting three-dimensional ultrasound data of the left ventricle () to obtain at least one first two-dimensional view and at least one second two-dimensional view thereof, wherein the first two-dimensional view is obtained at about the beginning of a cardiac phase and the second two-dimensional view is obtained at about the end of the cardiac phase, placing at least two tracking points () on the at least one first two-dimensional view to draw a first torsion line (), tracking the at least two tracking points to extrapolate the position thereof on the at least one second two-dimensional view and to draw a second torsion line (), and calculating the at least one torsion angle by measuring an angle (A) formed by the intersection of the first and second torsion lines ().