Towards pointwise motion tracking in echocardiographic image sequences – Comparing the reliability of different features for speckle tracking
Yu W, Yan P, Sinusas AJ, Thiele K, Duncan JS. Towards pointwise motion tracking in echocardiographic image sequences – Comparing the reliability of different features for speckle tracking. Medical Image Analysis 2006, 10: 495-508. PMID: 16574465, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2005.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotion trackingBetter compensation resultsRadio frequency signalsLarge deformationDisplacement estimationTissue motionFrequency signalsSmall deformationsRF signalCompensation resultsFiltered featuresTracking featuresDeformationLinear convolution modelExperiment resultsTrackingEchocardiographic image sequencesPhantom examplesReliability measuresImage sequencesB-modeInverse problemSignalsReliabilityDifferent features