Computational modeling and analysis for left ventricle motion using CT/Echo image fusion

Ji-Yeon Kim; Nahyup Kang; Hyoung-Euk Lee; James D. K. Kim

doi:10.1117/12.2043387

12 March 2014 Computational modeling and analysis for left ventricle motion using CT/Echo image fusion

Ji-Yeon Kim, Nahyup Kang, Hyoung-Euk Lee, James D. K. Kim

Proceedings Volume 9036, Medical Imaging 2014: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 903625 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043387
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In order to diagnose heart disease such as myocardial infarction, 2D strain through the speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) or the tagged MRI is often used. However out-of-plane strain measurement using STE or tagged MRI is inaccurate. Therefore, strain for whole organ which are analyzed by simulation of 3D cardiac model can be applied in clinical diagnosis. To simulate cardiac contraction in a cycle, cardiac physical properties should be reflected in cardiac model. The myocardial wall in left ventricle is represented as a transversely orthotropic hyperelastic material, with the fiber orientation varying sequentially from the epicardial surface, through about 0° at the midwall, to the endocardial surface. A time-varying elastance model is simulated to contract myocardial fiber, and physiological intraventricular systolic pressure curves are employed for the cardiac dynamics simulation in a cycle. And an exact description of the cardiac motion should be acquired in order that essential boundary conditions for cardiac simulation are obtained effectively. Real time cardiac motion can be acquired by using echocardiography and exact cardiac geometrical 3D model can be reconstructed using 3D CT data. In this research, image fusion technology from CT and echocardiography is employed in order to consider patient-specific left ventricle movement. Finally, longitudinal strain from speckle tracking echocardiography which is known to fit actual left ventricle deformation relatively well is used to verify these results.

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Ji-Yeon Kim, Nahyup Kang, Hyoung-Euk Lee, and James D. K. Kim "Computational modeling and analysis for left ventricle motion using CT/Echo image fusion", Proc. SPIE 9036, Medical Imaging 2014: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 903625 (12 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043387

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