Biography
Biography: Walid Eltahlawy
Abstract
Cardiac echocardiography is becoming an essential diagnostic tool for a variety of cardiac pathology. Acquiring the necessary knowledge will help non cardiac and the cardiac specialist to understand the echocardiography images and reports and in return will improve the care of the patients. Th e aim of these of publication is to address the basic knowledge of cardiac echocardiography and the recent advances of its applications.
Th e work shop will discuss:
1. Historical background of echocardiography
2. Ultrasound production and detection
3. Th e Piezoelectric eff ect
4. Modes of image display
5. How the ultrasound image is created
6. Echocardiography topographic views
7. From 2D imaging to real-time 3D imaging