short axis

collocation in English

meanings of shortand axis

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short
adjective
uk /ʃɔːt/ us /ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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axis
noun[C]
uk /ˈæk.sɪs/ us /ˈæk.sɪs/
a real or imaginary straight line going through the centre of an object that is spinning, or a line that divides a symmetrical shape into two ...
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Examples of short axis

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The ventricular cavity was automatically sliced into 12 equidistant and parallel shortaxis sections.
One set only showed shortaxis images, up to 12 slices.
Additional views include the apical 4-chamber and parasternal shortaxis ones.
The cross-sectional area of the pulmonary valve was measured in the parasternal shortaxis view.
If apical acoustic windows were technically limited, then multiple shortaxis views were obtained.
Cross-sectional echocardiographicfindingsat 18 days of age (left: four chamber view, right: shortaxis view).
Eustachian valves were examined from the parasternal shortaxis, apical four-chamber, and subcostal sagittal and coronal views.
The pulmonary valve was left-sided and anterior to the aortic valve in the shortaxis view.
It is the shortaxis sections which best show how the right ventricle is wrapped around the left ventricle.
For an effective occlusion ductus w-ith a shortaxis such as window1 type ductus a more compact coil with stiffer distal windings is needed.
With a transverse stack of slices in the shortaxis plane through the ventricles, it is possible to provide an accurate estimation of ventricular function.
In the shortaxis view, the left ventricle has the typical 'doughnut' appearance as seen in a radionuclide perfusion scan of a normal heart.
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