Image-based reconstruction of three-dimensional myocardial infarct geometry for patient-specific modeling of cardiac electrophysiology

Medical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4579-4590

  Ukwatta, Eranga ^a,b   Arevalo, Hermenegild ^a,b   Rajchl, Martin ^c   White, James ^d   Pashakhanloo, Farhad ^a,b   Prakosa, Adityo ^a,b   Herzka, Daniel A ^b   McVeigh, Elliot ^b   Lardo, Albert C ^b,e   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a,b   Vadakkumpadan, Fijoy ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

image based reconstruction; interpolation; logarithm of odds; myocardial infarct; physiological modeling

Indexed keywords

BINARY IMAGES; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPAIR; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; GADOLINIA; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-BASED RECONSTRUCTION; LOGARITHM OF ODD; LOWER RESOLUTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTS; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELING; SEGMENTED DATA;

HEART;

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; EX VIVO STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; DOG; EVALUATION STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING;

EID: 84937053236     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: 24734209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4926428     Document Type: Article

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