University of Bologna

Method resulted in fast and reliable estimations of LV dimensions

Published in Telemedicine Week, December 28th, 2004

A recent report described quantification of left ventricular modification in weightlessness conditions from the spatio-temporal analysis of 2D echocardiographic images.

Researchers in Italy report, "Two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) performed during flights with a parabolic trajectory to simulate weightlessness provides a unique means to study left ventricular(LV) modifications to prevent post-flight orthostatic intolerance in astronauts. However, conventional analysis of 2DE is based on manual tracings and depends on experience. Accordingly, the aim was objectively to quantify, from 2DE images, the LV modifications related to different gravity levels, by applying...

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Source: Telemedicine Week (2004-12-28)

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