CardiAssist: developing a support platform for 3D ultrasound (original) (raw)

1997, Computers in Cardiology 1997

The CardiAssist project under the Health Telematics program of the EU aims at the support of cardiac diagnosis and telecooperation, where ultrasound images play a major role. The consortium consists of manufacturers of ultrasound scanners, research partners and medical universities: I GMD, German national research center for 2 Vingmed Sound, ultrasound manufacturer 3 4 University of Trondheim, SINTEFDDT 5 University Bonn, Kinderklinik 6 University Lisbon 7 The project uses a three-fold approach: information technology TomTec, manufacturer of workstation software for 3 -0 rendering Thoraxcenter / Erasmus University Rotterdam Improving the quality of 3 0 ultrasound images Integrating an enabling system to impart an in-depth understanding of cardiac diseases through interactive 3 0 graphics and animation Using 3 0 ultrasound images together with a corresponding model and a variety of annotations and references as a communication medium between health care professionals (cardiologists, surgeons).