Volume Based Determination of Global Left Ventricular Strain: A Comparison to Tissue Tagging

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acquisition additional agree allowing alternative apex apical artery axis baron basal basic bias biomedical bland cardiac cardiology chamber chow circumferential clinical commonly conditions consecutive control controls coronary derived determination determined diastole diastolic disease division eight ejection engineering enrolled entire equation etiology exams excluded failure field forty fraction fractional global grid healthy heart identify included inclusion insufficient interpolated kelvin length lengths long longitudinal manually matrix measure minimal myocardium newly onerous open parallel peak performance poor post preserved previously processing propose proposed protocols pulse quality radial reconstructed registration rely remaining require resolution risk scanner schematic segment sensitive short slice slices slope software sonata source spacing spanning specialized specialty stack strain strains studies subjects surfaces systole systolic table tagging tags taking team temporal thicknesses tissue tracing tracings tracked tracking trans trial underwent ventricular view views volume volumes yielded