I hope everyone has had a wonderful start to the new year! Before going back to work tomorrow, I'm spending some time organizing the backend of the EchoTools project - namely the folder structure I have in Xcode. Throughout 2022, I threw together a bunch of ideas and never...
With version 4.7, I added some calculators for regurgitant fraction and effective regurgitant orifice area. Find these calculators under Valves → Native Valves → AI, MR, TR, or PI, and then click on the calculator icon at the top right. Here's an example (red box) on the mitral regurgitation...
Four years ago, the initial archive for EchoTools was approved by the Apple App Store for iOS distribution. Since then, I've received so much positive feedback from residents, fellows, and other physicians interested in ultrasonography and echocardiography about how this app has helped them on the wards, in the...
I've been working on EchoTools since my fellowship days by saving all source code to my iCloud Drive. This allowed me to keep my files synchronized across the computers I use; however, I couldn't really keep track of what code modifications I made over time. Plus I always ran...
I've been trying to get better at reading selective coronary angiograms and have incorporated some of the "basic" views under the References section of EchoTools 4.2. I started sections on hemodynamics, ultrasound physics, and cardiac equations in a previous version which I want to complete by version 4.3 or...