Harald Becher, University of Alberta

Research

Echocardiography Fusion

Latest papers

Effect of fish oil as an adjunct therapy to metformin on vascular and cardiac health in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome: protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
BMJ open · 2026
Robotic-Arm Assisted Multi-Apical View 3-D Fusion of Echocardiography for Enhanced Left Ventricular Assessment Using Wavelet.
Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2026
Cardiac resynchronization therapy without leads crossing the tricuspid valve.
Heart rhythm · 2025 · senior author

All 65 publications

Latest funding

Next-Generation Ultrafast Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$711,450
Multiview Ultrasound Fusion for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Imaging
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$244,296
Multiview Ultrasound Fusion for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Imaging
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$244,296

All 4 grants and awards

65 publications.

01

Effect of fish oil as an adjunct therapy to metformin on vascular and cardiac health in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome: protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Sydora B, Ghosh M, Chambers S, Haase A, Davenport M, Beaulieu C, Thompson R, Windram J, Becher H, Raggi P, Vine D

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-124025 PMID: 42760081

02

Robotic-Arm Assisted Multi-Apical View 3-D Fusion of Echocardiography for Enhanced Left Ventricular Assessment Using Wavelet.

Alquwaynim K, Noga M, Becher H, Windram J, Alharkan W, Foster B, Punithakumar K

Ultrasound in medicine & biology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2026.01.006 PMID: 41688231

03

Cardiac resynchronization therapy without leads crossing the tricuspid valve.

Sivakumaran S, Becher H

Heart rhythm2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.10.018 PMID: 41077372

04

How to Perform Cardiac Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (cCEUS): Part II-Advanced Applications and Interpretation.

Becher H, Helfen A, Michels G, Gaibazzi N, Senior R, Dietrich CF

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics15182371 PMID: 41008743

05

Atherogenic ApoB-dyslipidemia, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cardiac dysfunction and remodeling in high-risk young women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study.

Wu X, Wilke M, Batara J, Proctor S, Cree M, Ghosh M, Raggi P, Windram J, Becher H, Vine D

Frontiers in endocrinology2025

DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1520922 PMID: 40995592

06

How to Perform Cardiac Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (cCEUS): Part I.

Becher H, Helfen A, Michels G, Gaibazzi N, Senior R, Dietrich CF

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics15141743 PMID: 40722493

07

AI-Augmented Point of Care Ultrasound in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Can Novices Perform a "Basic Echo" to Estimate Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in This Acute-Care Setting?

Gallant C, Bernard L, Kwok C, Wichuk S, Noga M, Punithakumar K, Hareendranathan A, Becher H, Buchanan B, Jaremko JL

Journal of clinical medicine2025

DOI: 10.3390/jcm14092899 PMID: 40363931

08

History of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS).

Dietrich CF, Albrecht T, Becher H, Harvey CJ, Jenssen C, Lim AK, Möller K, Greis C

Medical ultrasonography2024

DOI: 10.11152/mu-4366 PMID: 38805621

09

ECHO-MPS, a dual modality strategy of cardiac imaging to identify myocardial ischemia.

Szmigielski CA, Sabharwal N, Newton JD, Becher H

The international journal of cardiovascular imaging2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03257-x PMID: 39395075

10

Contrast Echocardiography in Heart Failure: Update 2023.

Becher H, Alhumaid W, Windram J, Choy J

Current heart failure reports2024First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11897-024-00647-z PMID: 38305851

Next-Generation Ultrafast Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger J

Keywords: 3d Imaging; Transducers; Ultrafast Imaging; Ultrasound Imaging

$711,450

Multiview Ultrasound Fusion for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Imaging

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Boulanger, Pierre

$244,296

Multiview Ultrasound Fusion for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Imaging

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Boulanger, Pierre B; Becher, Harald

Keywords: Echocardiography; Fusion

$244,296

Canadian Imaging Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2012ICRH Emerging Network Grants - LOI

Principal investigators: Wright, Graham A; Tardif, Jean-Claude

Keywords: Cardiac; Clinical Evaluation; Cost-Effectiveness; Healthcare System; Imaging; Knowledge Translation; Network Coordination; Quality Assurance; Respiratory; Technology Development; Training And Mentorship; Vascular

$30,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
Medicine
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Medicine/Cardiology
Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Cardiology
Other

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Edith Pituskin

Faculty

5 shared papers, latest 2023

Pierre Boulanger

Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2022

Ian Paterson

Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

3 shared papers, latest 2018

Zamaneh Kassiri

Physiology

2 shared papers, latest 2014

Todd Anderson

Medicine/Cardiology

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Richard Thompson

Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Donna Vine

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Cassandra Gallant

Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Luc Mertens

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Vickie Baracos

Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Ismail Ben Ayed

Radiologie

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Christian Beaulieu

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Peter Kavsak

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Howard Leong-Poi

Cardiology

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Richard Schulz

Pediatrics/Pharmacology

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Spencer Proctor

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Justin Ezekowitz

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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