Automated, vendor-agnostic measurement of myocardial tissue velocities in echocardiography

In this study, we present a vendor-agnostic, deep learning-based system for the automated analysis of transthoracic pulsed-wave tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), which decouples image acquisition from interpretation and enables centralized, fleet-wide analysis across devices. The model ingests standard TDI from heterogeneous ultrasound systems and automatically extracts key diagnostic markerspeak systolic velocity (S0), early diastolic velocity (e0), and late diastolic/atrial contraction velocity (a0) using a single, unified pipeline. Conceptually, this harmonizes measurements across vendors and sites, improving consistency, comparability, and longitudinal tracking without devicespecific calibration or tooling. Procedurally, a central inference service supports asynchronous batch processing and human-in-the-loop review, thereby shifting analysis off-console, allowing ultrasound scanners to remain fully available for acquisition. In our clinical dataset, which spans two ultrasound vendors and diverse cardiac cycles, the system correctly identified more than 93% of tissuevelocity landmarks. In 50% of studies, all automated detections matched expert annotations, eliminating the need for manual edits. This approach streamlines offline TDI analysis, accelerates turnaround, and supports scalable, standardized cardiac assessments.

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Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
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2026-01-29
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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35211
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Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
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Automated, vendor-agnostic measurement of myocardial tissue velocities in echocardiography

Schlomo V. Aschkenasy, Waqar Ali, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Shana Stämpfli
Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
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Automated, vendor-agnostic measurement of myocardial tissue velocities in echocardiography

Schlomo V. Aschkenasy, Waqar Ali, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Shana Stämpfli
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Abstract

In this study, we present a vendor-agnostic, deep learning-based system for the automated analysis of transthoracic pulsed-wave tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), which decouples image acquisition from interpretation and enables centralized, fleet-wide analysis across devices. The model ingests standard TDI from heterogeneous ultrasound systems and automatically extracts key diagnostic markerspeak systolic velocity (S0), early diastolic velocity (e0), and late diastolic/atrial contraction velocity (a0) using a single, unified pipeline. Conceptually, this harmonizes measurements across vendors and sites, improving consistency, comparability, and longitudinal tracking without devicespecific calibration or tooling. Procedurally, a central inference service supports asynchronous batch processing and human-in-the-loop review, thereby shifting analysis off-console, allowing ultrasound scanners to remain fully available for acquisition. In our clinical dataset, which spans two ultrasound vendors and diverse cardiac cycles, the system correctly identified more than 93% of tissuevelocity landmarks. In 50% of studies, all automated detections matched expert annotations, eliminating the need for manual edits. This approach streamlines offline TDI analysis, accelerates turnaround, and supports scalable, standardized cardiac assessments.

Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
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Automated, vendor-agnostic measurement of myocardial tissue velocities in echocardiography — Schlomo V. Aschkenasy, Waqar Ali, et al. · Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS