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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking and echocardiographic speckle tracking for informed clinical use

Authors: Gianni Pedrizzetti, Piet Claus, Philip J. Kilner, Eike Nagel

Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Tissue tracking technology of routinely acquired cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) cine acquisitions has increased the apparent ease and availability of non-invasive assessments of myocardial deformation in clinical research and practice. Its widespread availability thanks to the fact that this technology can in principle be applied on images that are part of every CMR or echocardiographic protocol. However, the two modalities are based on very different methods of image acquisition and reconstruction, each with their respective strengths and limitations. The image tracking methods applied are not necessarily directly comparable between the modalities, or with those based on dedicated CMR acquisitions for strain measurement such as tagging or displacement encoding. Here we describe the principles underlying the image tracking methods for CMR and echocardiography, and the translation of the resulting tracking estimates into parameters suited to describe myocardial mechanics. Technical limitations are presented with the objective of suggesting potential solutions that may allow informed and appropriate use in clinical applications.

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Title: Principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking and echocardiographic speckle tracking for informed clinical use
Authors: Gianni Pedrizzetti
Piet Claus
Philip J. Kilner
Eike Nagel
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1532-429X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-016-0269-7

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Principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking and echocardiographic speckle tracking for informed clinical use

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