Cardiac function estimation from MRI using a heart model and data assimilation: Advances and difficulties
Cardiac function estimation from MRI using a heart model and data assimilation: Advances and difficulties
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.media.2006.04.002
复制
发表时间:
2006-08-01
影响因子:
10.9
通讯作者:
Razavi, R.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Sermesant, M.;Moireau, P.;Razavi, R.
In this paper, we present a framework to estimate local ventricular myocardium contractility using clinical MRI, a heart model and data assimilation. First, we build a generic anatomical model of the ventricles including muscle fibre orientations and anatomical subdivisions. Then, this model is deformed to fit a clinical MRI, using a semi-automatic fuzzy segmentation, an affine registration method and a local deformable biomechanical model. An electromechanical model of the heart is then presented and simulated. Finally, a data assimilation procedure is described, and applied to this model. Data assimilation makes it possible to estimate local contractility from given displacements. Presented results on fitting to patient-specific anatomy and assimilation with simulated data are very promising. Current work on model calibration and estimation of patient parameters opens up possibilities to apply this framework in a clinical environment. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.