Ultrasound Artifact Reduction

Echocardiography is frequently used to assess cardiac function. However, getting a diagnostic quality echocardiographic image is often difficult due reflections from the surrounding anatomy and subcutaneous fat. These reflections are super imposed on the moving heart and hinder diagnosis. In the Hossack Lab we develop signal processing methods to eliminate artifacts while retaining the underlying tissue. We confirm that the underlying tissue is retained by wall motion tracking analysis.