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Chapter 1

Fundamental concepts in strain imaging

In this chapter, we’ll cover the fundamental concepts of strain imaging as well as an overview of key terms to help you on your journey to becoming a strain imaging master.
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Chapter 2

Technical optimization and image acquisition

In this chapter, we are going to apply optimization strategies during the acquisition of apical views to accurately measure global longitudinal strain.
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Chapter 3

Post-processing

In this chapter we are going to cover the important post-processing challenges and solutions to generate accurate strain measurement results.
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Chapter 4

Strain analysis

Here, we’ll discuss and analyze an easy-to-understand bull's-eye plot display with color bar correlation to provide quantitative data of global longitudinal strain values.
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Chapter 5

Strain imaging limitations

In this chapter, we’ll discuss clinical, technical, and operator limitations that may challenge proper performance of strain image acquisition and image post-processing steps.
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Chapter 6

Cardiac pathology and strain patterns

Finally, we are going to discuss and analyze different types of cardiac pathology and patterns of strain imaging.
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Marcello Na
Marcello is a technical director and echocardiography lab team lead at North York General Hospital and is the co-founder of MTIMA, a non-profit organization addressing Malawi’s inequity in cardiac health care.
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