@inproceedings{e7ba55700a2949388ee252d97f456de4,
title = "Identification of myocardial infarction using three-dimensional strain tensor fractional anisotropy",
abstract = "Accurate localization of myocardial viability is important in diagnosis of infarction. Regional strain function provides excessive information for clinical decision making but comparison of strain tensor profiles across differing tissue types is usually difficult due to multi-variate nature of tensors. It is desirable to describe tensors with simplified scalar indices which are more mathematically and statistically intuitive. In this work, anisotropy of tensors in healthy and experimental infarct regions in a large animal model is assessed and compared to directional components of strain tensors which are currently the most popular indices in active use. Myocardial strain tensors are computed using zHARP, a magnetic resonance (MR) tagging technique that provides quantification of cardiac function with direct computation of three-dimensional ensors from two-dimensional short axis MR images. Fractional anisotropy of strain tensors shows high correlation with late gadolinium enhanced images and is capable of discrimination between healthy and infarcted regions.",
keywords = "Fractional anisotropy, HARP, Infarction, Strain tensor, zHARP",
author = "Sahar Soleimanifard and Abd-Elmoniem, {Khaled Z.} and Agarwal, {Harsh K.} and Tomas, {Miguel S.} and Tetsuo Sasano and Evertjan Vonken and Amr Youssef and Abraham, {M. Roselle} and Abraham, {Theodore P.} and Prince, {Jerry L.}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490309",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424441266",
series = "2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings",
pages = "468--471",
booktitle = "2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging",
note = "7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 ; Conference date: 14-04-2010 Through 17-04-2010",
}