Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Three-dimensional ultrasonic angiography using power-mode Doppler

C J Ritchie1, W S Edwards, L A Mack

  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA.

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Researchers developed a 3D ultrasonic angiogram system to visualize organ vascular anatomy. This 3D USA technique accurately depicts blood vessel structures in kidneys and placentas.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Canadian Surgery Forum: Abstracts of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons, Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Canadian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology, Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Vancouver, BC, Sept. 17-21, 2013.

Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie·2025
Same author

Test Performance and Potential Clinical Utility of the GenMark Dx ePlex Blood Culture Identification Gram-Negative Panel.

Microbiology spectrum·2023
Same author

Analytical performance and potential clinical utility of the GenMark Dx ePlex® blood culture identification gram-positive panel.

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease·2022
Same author

Canadian Surgery Forum.

Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie·2022
Same author

The challenge of creating evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the use of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the management of peritoneal malignancies.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)·2020
Same author

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy followed by surgery compared with surgery alone in the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcoma: a population-based comparison.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)·2020

Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Ultrasound Technology
  • Vascular Anatomy

Background:

  • Visualizing the intricate vascular anatomy of parenchymal organs is crucial for diagnosis and treatment.
  • Existing imaging modalities may have limitations in depicting complex 3D vascular structures.
  • Power-mode Doppler ultrasound (PDU) offers potential for assessing blood flow, but 3D visualization remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a system for creating three-dimensional ultrasonic angiograms (3D USA) from 2D PDU scans.
  • To assess the geometric accuracy and clinical applicability of the developed 3D USA system.
  • To demonstrate the capability of 3D USA in visualizing the vascular anatomy of parenchymal organs.

Main Methods:

  • Acquisition of 2D PDU scans using commercial ultrasound equipment and image-registration hardware.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Digitization of 2D images and reconstruction of 3D volumes using custom software.
  • Display of volume-rendered 3D images and geometric accuracy assessment using a flow phantom.

    • Main Results:

    • The 3D USA system successfully reconstructed 3D volumes and generated volume-rendered images.
    • Geometric accuracy assessment using a flow phantom showed less than 1 mm of distortion.
    • Clinical application demonstrated visualization of spatial relationships between vasculature in native and transplanted kidneys, and placentas.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed 3D USA system enables accurate visualization of vascular anatomy in parenchymal organs.
    • This technique holds significant potential for the analysis of vascular structures and assessment of organ perfusion.
    • 3D USA represents a promising advancement in medical imaging for evaluating organ vasculature.