title: Technological advances in tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography.
abstract: Tissue Doppler imaging is a recently introduced echocardiographic tool for measuring myocardial velocities. In this article the physical principles and different myocardial velocity imaging modalities are discussed. Examples of practical applications and clinical use of this non-invasive imaging technique are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. N.R.L.van_de_Veire@lumc.nl
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Van de Veire
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Sutter
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: J R T C
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roelandt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D017725:Ventricular Pressure