Örebro Studies in Medicine 152 I
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stina jorstig (born in 1978) received her degree as a Master of Science in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in 2003 at Linköping University. She works as a Biomedical Engineer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Örebro University Hospital and has since 2008 been a part time PhD student in the School of Medical Sciences at Örebro University.
There are different imaging techniques which can be used for assessment of the right ventricle. The most common method is cardiac ultrasound, i.e. transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). There are, however, limitations when examining the right ventricle by TTE, such as shadows in the ultrasound image. Also, the complex shape of the right ventricle makes volume calculations challenging by 2D TTE. The reference method for volume calculations of the ventricle is cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. Using CMR, volume calculations are acquired by summing volumes from a stack of images covering the ventricle. There are, however, limitations also when using CMR for right ventricular volume calculations. This thesis presents new methods aiming to facilitate and improve the assessment of right ventricular function using TTE and CMR.
issn 1652-4063 isbn 978-91-7529-158-1
