A Survey of Three-Dimensional Modeling Techniques for Quantitative Functional Analysis of Cardiac Images

Abstract .............................................................................................................268 9.1 Introduction ............................................................................................269 9.2 Imaging Techniques for Cardiac

Examination.............................................................................................271 9.2.1 Angiocardiography .....................................................................271 9.2.2 Cardiac Ultrasound......................................................................284 9.2.3 Isotope Imaging ...........................................................................284 9.2.4 Cardiac Computed Tomography .................................................284 9.2.5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging .....................................................285

9.3 Classical Descriptors of Cardiac Function .............................................287 9.3.1 Global Functional Analysis .........................................................287