Directional Analysis of Cardiac Motion Field from Gated Fluorodeoxyglucose PET images using the Discrete Helmholtz Hodge Decomposition

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent a significant risk of death. In 2012 an estimated 17.5 million people died from CVDs in 2012, which is 31% of global deaths, according to the World Health Organization1) (WHO, 2012). Since CVDs can cause a change to normal cardiac motion, quantification and analysis of the cardiac motion field may assist in diagnosis.

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - June 29, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: J.A. Sims, M.C. Giorgi, M.A. Oliveira, J.C. Meneghetti, M.A. Gutierrez Source Type: research