Fig. 1From: Multimodal assessment of acute cardiac toxicity induced by thoracic radiotherapy in cancer patients. Study protocolSchematic representation of different components of myocardial deformation measured by Strain Speckle Tracking (SST). Figure shows a simplified diagram of a lateral (A) and upper view (B) of a ventricle. Basic types of strain are displayed as (a), (b) and (c). See text for further details. Modified from Bansal and Kasliwal (2013)Back to article page