Comparison of parallel and spiral tagged MRI geometries in estimation of 3-D myocardial strains

Nicholas J. Tustison; Amir A. Amini

doi:10.1117/12.597102

14 April 2005 Comparison of parallel and spiral tagged MRI geometries in estimation of 3-D myocardial strains

Nicholas J. Tustison, Amir A. Amini

Proceedings Volume 5746, Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597102
Event: Medical Imaging, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Research involving the quantification of left ventricular myocardial strain from cardiac tagged magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is extensive. Two different imaging geometries are commonly employed by these methodologies to extract longitudinal deformation. We refer to these imaging geometries as either parallel or spiral. In the spiral configuration, four long-axis tagged image slices which intersect along the long-axis of the left ventricle are collected and in the parallel configuration, contiguous tagged long-axis images spanning the width of the left ventricle between the lateral wall and the septum are collected. Despite the number of methodologies using either or both imaging configurations, to date, no comparison has been made to determine which geometry results in more accurate estimation of strains. Using previously published work in which left ventricular myocardial strain is calculated from 4-D anatomical NURBS models, we compare the strain calculated from these two imaging geometries in both simulated tagged MR images for which ground truth strain is available as well as in in vivo data. It is shown that strains calculated using the parallel imaging protocol are more accurate than that calculated using spiral protocol.

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Nicholas J. Tustison and Amir A. Amini "Comparison of parallel and spiral tagged MRI geometries in estimation of 3-D myocardial strains", Proc. SPIE 5746, Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, (14 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597102

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