Abstract
Objectives: We validated a novel image-based motion estimation computed tomographic (CT) technique (iME) to quantify atrial regional function in swine in vivo.
Materials and Methods: Domestic swine (n = 8) underwent CT scan with intravenous contrast before and after median sternotomy where 15 to 30 glass beads were sutured to the atria to calculate the motion estimation error. Four-dimensional motion vector field was estimated using iME. Area change ratio (%AC) was calculated over the atrial endocardium to assess the surface deformation.
Results: The error between the measured and the calculated coordinates based onmotion vector fieldwas 0.76 ± 0.43mm. The%ACwas regionally heterogeneous. The %AC time course was significantly different between the right and the left atriums (P < 0.001) as well as between the right atrial appendage and the right atrial chamber (P = 0.004).
Conclusions: Quantitative assessment of atrial regional function using iME is highly accurate. Image-based motion estimation computed tomographic (CT) technique can quantify subtle regional dysfunction that is not apparent in global functional indices such as ejection fraction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 773-778 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of computer assisted tomography |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Atrial function
- Cardiac CT
- Image processing
- Regional function