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JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
卷 18, 期 4, 页码 434-441出版社
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10391
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cardiac MRI; delayed enhancement MRI; chronic ischemic heart disease; chronic myocardial infarction; image processing
Purpose: To characterize the extent and distribution of left ventricular myocardial scar in delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods: Delayed enhancement images from 18 patients were categorized into three groups based on myocardial scar appearance: discrete myocardial infarction (N = 10), diffuse fibrosis (N = 4), and circumferential endocardial scarring (N = 4). Images were segmented manually by two observers (twice by one observer) to identify nonviable myocardium. Scar was characterized by the following morphologic parameters: the relative area of nonviable myocardium, (Percent Scar); a measure of scar cohesion (Patchiness); and the extent to which scar traversed the ventricle wall (Trans>50). Results: The three scar parameters successfully discriminated between patient groups, although no one parameter was able to differentiate between all groups. The average bias between readers was approximately 3% for each parameter, and the average bias between repeated measurements was 1%. In addition, five patients exhibited regions of nonhyperenhanced nonviable myocardium that were expected to show hyperenhancement based upon their location within the infarct zone and appearance on cine images. Conclusion: Quantitative characterization of myocardial scar showed good interobserver and intraobserver agreement. However, the appearance of nonhyperenhanced scar in chronic ischemia is problematic for segmentation of delayed enhancement images.
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