Automated Analysis of 3D Stress Echocardiography

Abstract

__Abstract__ \n \nThe human circulatory system consists of the heart, blood, arteries, veins and \ncapillaries. The heart is the muscular organ which pumps the blood through the \nhuman body (Fig. 1.1,1.2). Deoxygenated blood flows through the right atrium \ninto the right ventricle, which pumps the blood into the pulmonary arteries. The \nblood is carried to the lungs, where it passes through a capillary network that \nenables the release of carbon dioxide and the uptake of oxygen. Oxygenated \nblood then returns to the heart via the pulmonary veins and flows from the left \natrium into the left ventricle. The left ventricle then pumps the blood through the \naorta, the major artery which supplies blood to the rest of the body [Drake et a!., \n2005; Guyton and Halt 1996]. Therefore, it is vital that the cardiovascular system \nremains healthy. Disease of the cardiovascular system, if untreated, ultimately \nleads to the failure of other organs and death