Title :
Vector Interpolation Method in Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Tissue Doppler Echocardiography
Author :
He, Aijun ; Wang, Yuanqing ; Ning, Xinbao ; Chen, Ying ; Ma, Qianli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Nanjing Univ.
Abstract :
A new method of vector interpolation in three-dimensional reconstruction of tissue Doppler echocardiography is developed and applied to the clinical research. Both the amplitude and direction information of functional parameters, such as velocity or acceleration, in tissue Doppler images is utilized to reconstruct dynamic three-dimensional vector field of myocardial tissue motion. The reconstructed three-dimensional field tissue motion can be visualized simultaneously with the three-dimensional anatomical structure to express the correlation between them. Clinical human experiments show that reconstructed results are consistent with the physiological characteristics of the heart. This method may have potential application in the study of cardiac electrophysiology
Keywords :
Doppler measurement; echocardiography; image reconstruction; interpolation; medical image processing; muscle; vectors; Vector interpolation method; acceleration; cardiac electrophysiology; heart; myocardial tissue motion; three-dimensional anatomical structure; three-dimensional field tissue motion; three-dimensional reconstruction; tissue Doppler echocardiography; velocity; Acceleration; Anatomical structure; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Gray-scale; Heart; Image reconstruction; Interpolation; Myocardium; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617224