Wall Motion Tracking
“With Wall Motion Tracking, local wall motion abnormalities associated with ischemia or cardiomyopathy can be evaluated using automatically calculated myocardial strain values. The presence of cardiac motion dyskinesia, which is an indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy, can also be detected by analyzing multiple myocardial strain curves. In addition, global strain, which is a useful index for prognostic assessment and treatment planning in patients with cardiac failure, can be calculated automatically using both short-axis and long-axis images."
-Dr. Michinobu Nagao, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan