Abstract
Speckle tracking imaging is used as a method to estimate heart strain. An analysis of accuracy of speckle tracking and its potential to be utilized in quantification of myocardial stress through estimation of heart motion is examined. Multiple scattering effects are modeled using the Kirchoff integral formulation for the pressure field. The method of Pade approximants is used to accelerate convergence and to obtain temporal varying characteristics of the scattered field. Phantoms having varied acoustical contrast media and speckle density are used in this study. The effectiveness of inter-image frame of correlation methods for estimating speckle motion in high contrast media is considered. (NSF Grant 0841392)
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