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A number of ultrasonic methods are available for the detection of tissue motion as it occurs physiologically in the body. The detection of echoes from within the body in less than 1 ms after the initial transmission of ultrasound and the Doppler effect have enabled a range of instrumentation to be developed. The subject owes a great deal to advances in transducer design, electronics and computer technology. Over many years fast B-mode imaging and M-mode traces of boundary position versus time have been the main clinical tools. Currently new sophisticated detection and imaging techniques are being produced based on the Doppler effect and on tracking motion in tissue images. The measurement of several velocity components is permitting velocity vectors to be determined more completely, adding to accuracy. Not surprisingly, cardiology is the main field of application but there are other areas of interest, e.g. vascular, musculo-skeletal and foetal function studies.
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