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Figure 5


Figure 5 (A) One-, 2-, and 3-dimensional representation of linear myocardial strains. (B) One-dimensional strain obtained by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI). (C) Two-dimensional strain obtained by speckle tracking imaging (STI). (D) A hypothetical strain that could be obtained by STI analysis of 3-dimensional data set.