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Concepts and applications of ultrafast cardiac ultrasound imaging
Author(s) -
Petrescu Aniela,
D'hooge Jan,
Voigt JensUwe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14971
Subject(s) - frame rate , ultrashort pulse , computer science , ultrasound , speckle pattern , cardiac imaging , biomedical engineering , artificial intelligence , computer vision , medical physics , radiology , medicine , optics , physics , laser
The concept of ultrafast echocardiographic imaging has been around for decades. However, only recent progress in ultrasound machine hardware and computer technology allowed to apply this concept to echocardiography. High frame rate echocardiography can visualize phenomena that have never been captured before. It enables a wide variety of potential new applications, including shear wave imaging, speckle tracking, ultrafast Doppler imaging, and myocardial perfusion imaging. The principles of these applications and their potential clinical use will be presented in this manuscript.