Comparison Between Multiline Transmission and Diverging Wave Imaging: Assessment of Image Quality and Motion Estimation Accuracy.

High frame rate imaging is particularly important in echocardiography for better assessment of the cardiac function. Several studies showed that diverging wave imaging (DWI) and multiline transmission (MLT) are promising methods for achieving a high temporal resolution. The aim of this study was to compare MLT and compounded motion compensation (MoCo) DWI for the same transmitted power, same frame rates [image quality and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) assessment], and same packet size [tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) assessment].

High-Frame-Rate Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography.

Conventional echocardiography is the leading modality for noninvasive cardiac imaging. It has been recently illustrated that high-frame-rate echocardiography using diverging waves could improve cardiac assessment. The spatial resolution and contrast associated with this method are commonly improved by coherent compounding of steered beams.