Summary

This article highlights new technologies that are currently in use or under investigation for 3-dimensional evaluation of the heart. These include a fusion imaging system between speckle tracking imaging and 64- to 320-slice multi-detector computed tomography, imaging intraventricular gradients and flow vectors, dynamic single-photon emission computed tomography, and 3-dimensional printing.

  • tomography
  • echocardiography
  • intraventricular flow
  • speckle tracking imaging
  • left ventricular dysfunction
  • SPECT
  • D-SPECT
  • 3D printing
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