Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 852-858 , July 2009

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

  • Kim Sivesgaard, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kim Sivesgaard, MS, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
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  • Sara Dahl Christensen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Hans Nygaard, BScEE, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Engineering College of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • J. Michael Hasenkam, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Erik Sloth, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

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 Kim Sivesgaard was supported by FONDEN AF 17-12-1981. Sara Dahl Christensen was supported by the Danish Medical Research Council Grant 271-07-0026. The ultrasound system and analysis software were acquired with support from The John and Birthe Meyer Foundation.

PII: S0894-7317(09)00388-5

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.028

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 852-858 , July 2009

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