Angiocardiography Current Status and Future Developments [Paperback]

With contributions by numerous expertsEquipment for Angiocardiography.- Image Intensifiers.- New Developments in Video Systems: Camera Tubes and Storage Devices.- Digital Acquisition and Processing of Video Angiocardiograms.- Principles and Methods of Roentgen Densitometry for Circulatory Studies.- Densitometry Using Polychromatic X-Ray Beams.- Newer Developments in Photographic Materials and Processing.- Recent Developments in Contrast Media.- Estimation of Ventricular Volume, Fractional Ejected Volumes, Stroke Volume, and Quantitation of Regurgitant Flow.- Estimation of Left Ventricular Myocardial Mass.- Roentgen-Anatomic Assessment of Left and Right Ventricular Spatial Orientation in Congenital Heart Disease.- Systems for Quantitative Analysis of Left Ventricular Wall Motion.- Improved Detection of Wall Motion Abnormalities by Quantitative Spatial and Temporal Analysis. Application in Normal and Infarcted Ventricles.- Assessment of Ventricular Muscle Function in Man: The End-Systolic Index.- Evaluation of Myocardial Function Using Power Indices.- Angiographic Analysis of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function.- Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function Using Biplane Quantitative Ventriculography with Supine Leg Exercise.- Computer Assisted Angiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function.- Use of Endocardial Landmarks in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function: Advantages and Limitations of Automated Analysis of the Ventriculogram.- Quantitation of Regional Left Ventricular Function Using the Endocardial Landmark Model  Clinical Results.- Analysis of Left Ventricular Function Using Midwall Myocardial Markers.- Pulmonary Angiography: Recent Advances in Technique, Indications, and Methods of Interpretation.- A Computer-Generated Index of the Severity of Coronary Disease.- Comparison of Stenosis as Obtained Using Coronary Angiography and Postmortem Coronary Measurements.- Flashing Tomosynthesis: A New Tomographic Technique for Quantitative Coronary Angiography.-l³|