Albert Andaluz [CVC] Francesc Carreras [CCB,HSP] Cristina Santa-Marta [HGM] Debora Gil [CVC] http://iam.cvc.uab.es Myocardial torsion estimation with Tagged-MRI in the OsiriX platform [1] Rosset, A., Spadola, L., Ratib, O.: Osirix: an open- source software for navigating in multidimensional dicom images. J Digit Imaging 17(3) (Sep 2004) 205--16 [2] Carreras, F., Garcia-Barnes, J., Gil, D., et Al: Left ventricular torsion and longitudinal shortening: two fundamental components of myocardial mechanics assessed by tagged cine-mri in normal subjects. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (Feb 2011) References Torsion estimation Why Osirix? Validation Why Tagged-MRI? Tagged-MRI Why torsion? Validation OsiriX[1] DOMAIN: manual segmentation of LV Boundaries at reference frame "Designed by physicians for physicians" Myocardial torsion follows myocardial functionality Tag-grid deformation reflects intramural motion CHALLENGE: heterogeneous image quality [CVC]: Computer Vision Center, UAB. Barcelona,Spain [HSP]: Hospital de Sant Pau. Barcelona, Spain [CCB]: Clinica Creu Blanca. Barcelona, Spain [HGM]: Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Dpt Física Matemática y de Fluidos, UNED. Affiliations Source # Seqs Healthy? Modality Device CCB 21 Yes SPAMM Siemens HSP 8 No CSPAMM Philips CCB 12 No SPAMM Siemens HGM 7 No SPAMM Philips 40,0 60,0 100,0 20,0 80,0 0,0 -2,0 4,0 6,0 8,0 2,0 0,0 Torsion Base rotation Apex rotation %ES degrees Left Ventricle MOTION : HPF ensures robust tracking wihout overestimating injured areas [2] TORSION: difference in basal/mid and apex global rotation in the LV domain ... Boundary evolution t=ref t=ref+1 t=ES Harmonic Phase Flow PLUGIN: deployed at Sant Pau in September 2011 Conclusions and future work Similar torsion trends for SPAMM acquisitions. C-SPAMM sequences too noisy for motion extraction. We will focus on quality indicators for improved reliability HGM HSP CCB PROTOCOL: different acquisitions, healthy and pathological cases Base Apex AMT Dicom Viewer Open Source Image Processing Oversaturation overlays tags over material points + = t=ref t=ref+1 t=ref+2 100101 010101 010101 010101 001010 (devcom icon (C) Devcom. http://www.devcom.com/) Base Apex Scores