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Variation in control settings for color gain, color process, color map, color image resolution, and sector width significantly changed mitral regurgitation jet area size.
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Technical factors such as color gain and image resolution significantly influence the color Doppler assessment of mitral regurgitation jet area size, highlighting the need for standardized settings.
Color Doppler flow imaging has become an integral part of the echocardiographic examination. By providing real-time, two-dimensional spatial maps of normal and abnormal cardiac blood flows, this technique provides important information that may be used to guide patient management. The acquisition and display of color Doppler flow information may be influenced by technical factors, by the physiological condition of the patient, by abnormalities of cardiac morphology, and, on occasion, by artifact. In this article, the results of a study performed to evaluate the influence of technical factors on the color Doppler assessment of mitral regurgitation are reported. Mitral regurgitation jet area size changed significantly with variation in the control settings for color gain, color process, color map, color image resolution, and sector width. A review of those factors that influence the performance and interpretation of the color Doppler flow examination is provided and their significance discussed.
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RAO et al. (1990) conducted an observational in Mitral regurgitation. Variation in color Doppler control settings was evaluated on Mitral regurgitation jet area size. Variation in control settings for color gain, color process, color map, color image resolution, and sector width significantly changed mitral regurgitation jet area size.
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