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Technical Principles of Transthoracic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

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The last years we have experienced a rapid development in three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE). Along this journey of development, technology battles have been won at many frontiers. Modern 3D scanners are now armed with cutting-edge technology. Breakthroughs in transducer design, beamforming, display technologies, and quantification have been released almost on a yearly basis. These developments have been enabled by the passion of numerous engineers for solving challenging technical problems.

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The author gratefully acknowledges the reviews by colleagues Kjell Kristoffersen, Olivier Gerard, Geir Haugen, Gunnar Hansen, Jøger Hansegård, Andreas Ziegler, Fredrik Orderud, Lars Linmarker, Luzvilla Anacta and Lea Anne Dantin. Special thanks to Jøger Hansegård and Jan Yee for help with making the figures and to Svein Brekke who let me adapt three of his figures (beamforming, sub-volume stitching and geometrical distortion).

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  1. Santa Maria della Misericordia, Istituto di Cardiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, P.le S. Maria della Misericordia 15, Udine, 33100, Italy

    Luigi Badano

  2. Dept. Medicine, Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratory, University of Chicago, S. Maryland Ave. 5841, Chicago, 60637, Illinois, USA

    Roberto M. Lang

  3. Instituto Cardiovascular, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, C/Professor Martin Lagos s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    Jose Luis Zamorano

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Rabben, S.I. (2010). Technical Principles of Transthoracic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography. In: Badano, L., Lang, R., Zamorano, J. (eds) Textbook of Real-Time Three Dimensional Echocardiography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-495-1_2

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