The Feasibility of Ultrasonic Regional Strain and Strain Rate Imaging in Quantifying Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Abstract

The feasibility study would suggest that with appropriate data collection and post-processing methodologies, strain rate/strain imaging can be applied to the quantification of dobutamine stress echo. However, appropriate post-processing algorithms must be introduced to reduce data analysis time in order to make this a practical clinical technique.