Recent Publications

Kaplan SR, Bashein G, Sheehan FH, Legget ME, Munt B, Li X-N, Sivarajan M, Bolson EL, Zeppa M, Martin RW. Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of annular shape changes in the normal and regurgitant mitral valve. Am Heart J 2000; 139(4):378-387.

Ratanasopa S, Bolson EL, Sheehan FH, McDonald JA, Bashein G. Performance of a Fourier-based program for three-dimensional reconstruction of the mitral annulus on application to sparse, noisy data. Int J Card Imaging 1999 Aug; 15(4):301-307.

Harmon KE, Sheehan FH, Hosokawa H. Effect of acute myocardial infarction on the angle between the mitral and aortic valve plane. Am J Cardiol 1999 Aug 1;84(3):342-4, A8.

Guo A, Sheehan FH. Accuracy of quantitative ventriculographic analysis at reduced frame rates. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 1999 Sep;48(1):18-21; discussion 22-3.

Nguyen TV, Bolson EL, Zeppa M, Martin RW, Sheehan FH. Influence of echocardiographic scan plane location and number on the accuracy of three-dimensional left ventricular volume and shape determination. Am J Cardiol 1999 Jul 15;84(2):208-13.

Hausken T, Leotta DF, Helton S, Kowdley KV, Goldman B, Vaezy S, Bolson EL, Sheehan FH, Martin RW. Estimation of the human liver volume and configuration using three-dimensional ultrasonography: effect of a high-caloric liquid meal. Ultrasound Med Biol 1998 Nov;24(9):1357-67.

Munt BI, Leotta DF, Bolson EL, Coady K, Martin RW, Otto CM, Sheehan FH. Left ventricular shape analysis from three-dimensional echocardiograms. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998 Aug;11(8):761-9.

Legget ME, Leotta DF, Bolson EL, McDonald JA, Martin RW, Li XN, Otto CM, Sheehan FH. System for quantitative three-dimensional echocardiography of the left ventricle based on a magnetic-field position and orientation sensing system. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1998 Apr;45(4):494-504.

Legget ME, Bashein G, McDonald JA, Munt BI, Martin RW, Otto CM, Sheehan FH. Three-dimensional measurement of the mitral annulus by multiplane transesophageal echocardiography: in vitro validation and in vivo demonstration. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998 Feb;11(2):188-200.

Hosokawa H, Sheehan FH, Suzuki T, Bolson EL. Int J Card Imaging 1997 Oct;13(5):367-74; discussion 375-7.

Leotta DF, Munt B, Bolson EL, Kraft C, Martin RW, Otto CM, Sheehan FH. Quantitative three-dimensional echocardiography by rapid imaging from multiple transthoracic windows: in vitro validation and initial in vivo studies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1997 Oct;10(8):830-9.

Suri JS, Haralick RM, Sheehan FH. A general technique for automatic left ventricle boundary validation: relation between gray scale cardioangiograms and observed boundary errors. J Digit Imaging 1997 Aug;10(3 Suppl 1):212-7.

Yang P, Otto CM, Sheehan FH. The effect of normalization in reducing variability in regional wall thickening. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1997 Apr;10(3):197-204.

Legget ME, Martin RW, Sheehan FH, Bashein G, Bolson EL, Li XN, Leotta D, Otto CM. How positionally stable is a transesophageal echocardiographic probe? Implications for three-dimensional reconstruction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1996 May-Jun;9(3):266-73.

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