Velocity estimation of naturally occurring mechanical waves in the left ventricle in healthy persons

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Ph.D. program, GE Vingmed Ultrasound for hosting me as an industrial Ph.D. student and the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo for giving me the chance to pursue my Ph.D. It has been tremendously rewarding to be part of a multidisciplinary community and to experience the collaboration between industry and academia that I have had the opportunity to do during my research. I would also like to thank my team of supervisors. A special thanks goes to my main supervisor Prof. Eigil Samset for your insight, helpful discussions, your thorough reviews of my work, and for pushing me forward. Additionally, I would like to thank my co-supervisors Prof. Thor Edvardsen, Pål H. Brekke and Sebastien Salles for your insight, discussions and guidance during my research. In particular, I would like to thank Pål H. Brekke for sharing your clinical expertise, your enthusiasm and for always keeping cold beverages in your office, and Sebastien Salles for sharing your technical expertise and for your continuous help throughout my whole Ph.D project. I have been fortunate to have a large number of colleagues in a wide range of research groups. A special thanks goes to my former colleague at GE Vingmed Ultrasound, Jørn Bersvendsen, for your guidance in the early days of my project, my colleagues at the CCI, Espen W. Remme and John M. Aalen, for the collaboration on data collection and helpful discussions on theory and results, the ultrasound group at NTNU for providing me with data for my final article and for the fun times at conferences, and my fellow students at the University of Oslo for helpful discussions, coffee breaks and friendships. Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends for the continuous encouragement, motivation, patience, love and support throughout these years.