Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: Standardization efforts based on synthetic ultrasound data

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 693-701

  D'hooge, Jan ^a   Barbosa, Daniel ^a   Gao, Hang ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Prater, David ^b   Hamilton, Jamie ^c   Lysyansky, Peter ^d   Abe, Yasuhiko ^e   Ito, Yasuhiro ^f   Houle, Helene ^g   Pedri, Stefano ^h   Baumann, Rolf ⁱ   Thomas, James ^j   Badano, Luigi P ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Epsilon Imaging   (United States)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

^e TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f Hitachi Aloka Medical Ltd   (Japan)

^g Siemens Ultrasound   (United States)

^h Esaote   (Italy)

ⁱ TOMTEC IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cardiac Function; Speckle Tracking Echocardiography; Standardization; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978963524     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev197     Document Type: Article

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