Speckle Tracking Ultrasound Is Independent of Insonation Angle and Gain: An In Vitro Investigation of Agreement with Sonomicrometry

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 852-858

  Sivesgaard, Kim ^a,b   Christensen, Sara Dahl ^a,b   Nygaard, Hans ^a,b   Hasenkam, J Michael ^a   Sloth, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

In vitro; Speckle tracking ultrasound; Strain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; PHANTOM; REFERENCE VALUE; SONOMICROMETER; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649268406     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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