Creation of a 3D cardiac visualization system based on echocardiography results.

Over the past 30 years, 3D technologies in echocardiographic studies have rapidly developed and are widely used now. In Russia, three-dimensional echocardiography was performed in 1998 at the Bakoulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery. In 2007 a new method of quantitative analysis for mitral valve – Mitral Valve Quantification – was introduced there. In addition, 3D-visualization technologies are being created and researched. Now they become widely used in planning of surgical interventions. In such technologies, three-dimensional models of organs and systems can be formed by computer analyzing medical images. The project of system for 3D-imaging of the heart based on echocardiogram contains ready-made heart model of a healthy average person. This model can change configuration according to echo test so a personalized 3D heart model can be presented. The success of cardiac surgery largely depends on visual analysis of pathology development, qualitative assessment of the abnormalities, and options for their correction. The technology for 3D imaging of the heart based on echocardiogram results will allow surgeons to get a clearer picture of the localization, etiology and mechanism of cardiac pathology, as well as to conduct a preparatory virtual surgical operation.