Myocardial wall thickness and thickening from gated magnetic resonance images

Author

Barest, G.D. ; Bacharach, S.L. ; Douglas, M.A. ; Misovec, A. ; Perrone-Filardi, P. ; Mok, D. ; Bonow, R.O.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

23-26 Sep 1991

Firstpage

629

Lastpage

632

Abstract

A minimum distance method for measuring myocardial thickness and thickening which is applicable to high resolution gated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images, and which utilizes much of the resolution present in the original image, is described. Preliminary results indicate this method may offer some advantages over existing methods because of its ability to deal with small regions of high curvature. The method is applicable to short axis, transaxial, or long axis images, and produces an easy to interpret graphical display of myocardial thickness or thickening

Keywords

biomedical NMR; biomedical measurement; cardiology; muscle; thickness measurement; easy to interpret graphical display; gated magnetic resonance images; long axis images; medical diagnostic imaging; minimum distance method; myocardial thickness; short axis images; thickening; transaxial images; Fluid flow measurement; Image resolution; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardium; Positron emission tomography; Signal resolution; Spatial resolution; Thickness measurement; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1991, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Venice

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2485-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1991.168990

Filename

168990