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The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

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01-07-2016 | Original Paper

Heart deformation analysis: measuring regional myocardial velocity with MR imaging

Authors: Kai Lin, Jeremy D. Collins, Varun Chowdhary, Michael Markl, James C. Carr

Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | Issue 7/2016

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that heart deformation analysis (HDA) may serve as an alternative for the quantification of regional myocardial velocity. Nineteen healthy volunteers (14 male and 5 female) without documented cardiovascular diseases were recruited following the approval of the institutional review board (IRB). For each participant, cine images (at base, mid and apex levels of the left ventricle [LV]) and tissue phase mapping (TPM, at same short-axis slices of the LV) were acquired within a single magnetic resonance (MR) scan. Regional myocardial velocities in radial and circumferential directions acquired with HDA (Vrr and Vcc) and TPM (Vr and VФ) were measured during the cardiac cycle. HDA required shorter processing time compared to TPM (2.3 ± 1.1 min/case vs. 9.5 ± 3.7 min/case, p < 0.001). Moderate to good correlations between velocity components measured with HDA and TPM could be found on multiple myocardial segments (r = 0.460–0.774) and slices (r = 0.409–0.814) with statistical significance (p < 0.05). However, significant biases of velocity measures at regional myocardial areas between HDA and TPM were also noticed. By providing comparable velocity measures as TPM does, HDA may serve as an alternative for measuring regional myocardial velocity with a faster image processing procedure.

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Title: Heart deformation analysis: measuring regional myocardial velocity with MR imaging
Authors: Kai Lin
Jeremy D. Collins
Varun Chowdhary
Michael Markl
James C. Carr
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 1569-5794
Electronic ISSN: 1875-8312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-016-0879-z

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