Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Imaging Modalities
| Modality | Accessibility | Patient-friendliness | Preclinical HF | Accuracy | Hemodynamics | Regional function | Reproducibility |
| Echocardiography | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | + | + |
| Nuclear | + | + | − | + | +/− | +/− | + |
| CT | + | + | − | + | − | + | + |
| Cardiac MR | +/− | + | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ |
++ = excellent; + = good; +/− = fair; − = poor.