TomTec updates cardiac performance analysis software

TomTec has released an updated version of its speckle tracking-based analysis software tool, the 2D cardiac performance analysis package, 2D CPA. 

The software--which enables the quantitative assessment of displacement, velocity, strain and strain rate--is part of TomTec’s Image-Arena multimodality imaging technology that can analyze 2D data from various ultrasound machines and is not limited by vendors, stated the Munich-based company.

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