Archives of Acoustics, 37, 4, pp. 583–595, 2012

Mathematical and Ultrasonographic Model of the Left Ventricle: in Vitro Studies

Robert OLSZEWSKI
Cardiology & Internal Medicine Clinic, Military Institute of Medicine, Cardiac Rapid Diagnostic Department

Zbigniew TRAWIŃSKI
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

Janusz WÓJCIK
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

Andrzej NOWICKI
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

The main objective of this study is to develop an echocardiographic model of the left ventricular and
numerical modeling of the speckles- markers tracking in the ultrasound (ultrasonographic) imaging of the
left ventricle. The work is aimed at the creation of controlled and mobile environment that enables to
examine the relationships between left ventricular wall deformations and visualizations of these states in
the form of echocardiographic imaging and relations between the dynamically changing distributions of
tissue markers of studied structures.
Keywords: left ventricle; echocardiography; speckle modeling; ultrasound phantoms; strain; strain rate
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