Analysis of cardiac interventricular septum motion in different respiratory states

Lennart Tautz; Li Feng; Ricardo Otazo; Anja Hennemuth; Leon Axel

doi:10.1117/12.2216240

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29 March 2016 Analysis of cardiac interventricular septum motion in different respiratory states

Lennart Tautz, Li Feng, Ricardo Otazo, Anja Hennemuth, Leon Axel

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Proceedings Volume 9788, Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 97880X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216240
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The interaction between the left and right heart ventricles (LV and RV) depends on load and pressure conditions that are affected by cardiac contraction and respiration cycles. A novel MRI sequence, XD-GRASP, allows the acquisition of multi-dimensional, respiration-sorted and cardiac-synchronized free-breathing image data. In these data, effects of the cardiac and respiratory cycles on the LV/RV interaction can be observed independently. To enable the analysis of such data, we developed a semi-automatic exploration workflow. After tracking a cross-sectional line positioned over the heart, over all motion states, the septum and heart wall border locations are detected by analyzing the grey-value profile under the lines. These data are used to quantify septum motion, both in absolute units and as a fraction of the heart size, to compare values for different subjects. In addition to conventional visualization techniques, we used color maps for intuitive exploration of the variable values for this multi-dimensional data set. We acquired short-axis image data of nine healthy volunteers, to analyze the position and the motion of the interventricular septum in different breathing states and different cardiac cycle phases. The results indicate a consistent range of normal septum motion values, and also suggest that respiratory phase-dependent septum motion is greatest near end-diastolic phases. These new methods are a promising tool to assess LV/RV ventricle interaction and the effects of respiration on this interaction.

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Lennart Tautz, Li Feng, Ricardo Otazo, Anja Hennemuth, and Leon Axel "Analysis of cardiac interventricular septum motion in different respiratory states", Proc. SPIE 9788, Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 97880X (29 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216240

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