Ultrasound systems and methods are described to measure changes in cardiac
chamber volumes and organ wall areas, thicknesses, volumes and masses
between the cardiac chambers using computer readable media employing
image processing algorithms applied to 3D data sets acquired at systole
and diastole. The systems for cardiac imaging includes an ultrasound
transceiver configured to sense the mitral valve of a heart by Doppler
ultrasound, an electrocardiograph connected with a patient and
synchronized with the transceiver to acquire ultrasound-based 3D data
sets during systole and diastole at a transceiver location determined by
Doppler ultrasound affected by the mitral valve, and a computer readable
medium configurable to process ultrasound imaging information from the 3D
data sets communicated from the transceiver.