Title :
Novel time-varying 3D display of wall motion, strain, strain rate and torsion for LV function assessment
Author :
Greenberg, NL ; Popovic, ZB ; Saracino, G. ; Grimm, RA ; Thomas, JD
Author_Institution :
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Abstract :
Advanced post processing of the standard acquisitions of echocardiographic data (i.e. 3 parallel short-axis views and 3 rotational long axis views) results in a total of 72 time-varying traces of segmental linear strains and 18 traces of segmental rotational data. If one separates the signal into endo, mid, and epicardial myocardial layers, a staggering 246 time-varying traces are available. The synthesis of this amount of data is extremely difficult. Our goal was to develop tools that can visualize this complex dataset in a single representation and use these tools to assess LV function in subjects to examine characteristic patterns.
Keywords :
cardiology; echocardiography; image segmentation; medical image processing; LV function assessment; echocardiographic data; endocardial myocardial layer; epicardial myocardial layer; midcardial myocardial layer; segmental linear strains; segmental rotational data; time-varying 3D display; torsion; wall motion; Capacitive sensors; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanical variables measurement; Myocardium; Speckle; Strain measurement; Three dimensional displays; Transducers; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 2008
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3706-1
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.2008.4748967
