TY - JOUR AU - Grune, Jana AU - Blumrich, Annelie AU - Brix, Sarah AU - Jeuthe, Sarah AU - Drescher, Cathleen AU - Grune, Tilman AU - Foryst-Ludwig, Anna AU - Messroghli, Daniel AU - Kuebler, Wolfgang M. AU - Ott, Christiane AU - Kintscher, Ulrich PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/03 TI - Evaluation of a commercial multi-dimensional echocardiography technique for ventricular volumetry in small animals JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 10 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The assessment of ventricular volumes using conventional echocardiography methods is limited with regards to the need of geometrical assumptions. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate a novel commercial system for three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) in preclinical models by direct comparison with conventional 1D- and 2D-echocardiography (1DE; 2DE) and the gold-standard technique magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Further, we provide a standard operating protocol for image acquisition and analysis with 3DE. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-018-0128-9 DO - 10.1186/s12947-018-0128-9 ID - Grune2018 ER -