Speckle pattern

Operating system

Internal medicine

Standardization

Medical physics

Strain (injury)

Computer vision

Computer science

Medicine

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Modern speckle tracking allows the assessment of atrial strain in the clinic. The approach is new, lacks standardization and the user might encounter several problems in its routine use. This article provides guidance on how avoid pitfalls and how to perform reliable and reproducible atrial strain measurements according to current recommendations.

How to do LA strain