Strain Imaging Resources
ASE is pleased to provide these educational resources on strain imaging. The development of strain as a clinical tool over the past 30 years has provided a technique that is accurate and reliable. Strain represents a fundamental property of matter, namely its deformation in response to an applied force. This force might be extrinsic to the heart, which is fundamental to the performance of elastography. However, most commonly, it is intrinsic to the heart, based on myocardial contraction associated with