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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013 Aug 9;39(10):1861–1874. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.03.029

Figure 9.

Figure 9

Percentage of volunteers in each image quality category, as defined by the number of visible segments in B-mode or SLSC images of the LV short axis view. Good quality was defined as 80% or more of the endocardial segments were visualized (score = 1 or 2) by the three reviewers in systole and diastole. Poor quality was defined as 80% or more of the endocardial segments could not be visualized (score = 3) by the three reviewers in systole or diastole. Medium quality was neither poor nor good quality. SLSC imaging decreased the percentage of volunteers with poor quality images.