Partho P. Sengupta

TL;DR: Currently available techniques that allow quantitative assessment of myocardial function via image-based analysis of local myocardials dynamics, including Doppler tissue imaging and speckle-tracking echocardiography, as well as integrated backscatter analysis are described.

TL;DR: This technical document is intended to provide definitions, names, abbreviations, formulas, and procedures for calculation of physical quantities derived from speckle tracking echocardiography and thus create a common standard.

TL;DR: Speckle-tracking echocardiography holds promise to reduce interobserver and intraobserver variability in assessing regional LV function and to improve patient care while reducing health care costs through the early identification of subclinical disease.

TL;DR: This document aims to represent a significant step forward in the collaboration between the scientific societies and the industry since technical specifications of the software packages designed to post-process echocardiographic datasets have been agreed and shared before their actual development.

TL;DR: This document describes the current and potential clinical applications of these techniques and their strengths and weaknesses, briefly surveys a selection of the relevant published literature while highlighting normal and abnormal findings in the context of different cardiovascular pathologies, and summarizes the unresolved issues, future research priorities, and recommended indications for clinical use.