Improved Quantification of Myocardium Scar in Late Gadolinium Enhancement Images: Deep Learning Based Image Fusion Approach.

Journal: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
PMID: 33599043

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Quantification of myocardium scarring in late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can be challenging due to low scar-to-background contrast and low image quality. To resolve ambiguous LGE regions, experienced readers often use conventional cine sequences to accurately identify the myocardium borders.

Authors

  • Ahmed S Fahmy
  • Ethan J Rowin
    From the Departments of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) (A.S.F., U.N., W.J.M., R.N.) and Radiology (W.J.M.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215; Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.H.C.); and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Mass (E.J.R., M.S.M.).
  • Raymond H Chan
  • Warren J Manning
    Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
  • Martin S Maron
  • Reza Nezafat

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