Quantitative Analysis of Tissue Doppler Data.
A visual qualitative analysis of color Doppler myocardial images cannot show the low velocity changes in myocardial walls, and a quantitative analysis of tissue Doppler data is mandatory for an analysis of color Doppler myocardial recordings, including an assessment of myocardial velocity gradient across the thickness of the wall. Measurement of myocardial velocity in each pixel should provide access to a broader pathophysiological insight into regional contraction across wall thickness and into all myocardial segments throughout the cardiac cycle.
Pellerin
Denis
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Veyrat
Colette
C