Current ultrasound methods for measuring myocardial strain are often limited to
measurements in one or two dimensions. Cardiac motion and deformation however are truly …

Although real-time 3-D echocardiography has the potential to allow more accurate
assessment of global and regional ventricular dynamics compared with more traditional 2-D …

Despite the availability of multiple solutions for assessing myocardial strain by ultrasound,
little is currently known about the relative performance of the different methods. In this study …

We propose a new spatio-temporal elastic registration algorithm for motion reconstruction
from a series of images. The specific application is to estimate displacement fields from two …

Automatic quantification of regional left ventricular deformation in volumetric ultrasound data
remains challenging. Many methods have been proposed to extract myocardial motion …

One-dimensional strain imaging has been shown to be angle dependent. To address this
problem, a new methodology, 2D-strain, has become available. The aim of this study was to …

Robust indices of regional and global cardiac function are a key factor in detection and
treatment of heart disease as well as understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of a …

With the developments in ultrasound transducer technology and both hardware and
software computing, real-time volumetric imaging has become widely available …

Determination of the mechanical properties of the myocardium is crucial for cardiac
diagnosis. Cardiac strain and strain rate imaging may enable such quantification. To further …

Aims Ultrasound-derived myocardial strain can render valuable diagnostic and prognostic
information. However, acquisition settings can have an important impact on the …