PT Unknown
AU Debora Gil
   Agnes Borras
   Manuel Ballester
   Francesc Carreras
   Ruth Aris
   Manuel Vazquez
   Enric Marti
   Ferran Poveda
TI MIOCARDIA: Integrating cardiac function and muscular architecture for a better diagnosis
BT 14th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies
PY 2011
DI 10.1145/2093698.2093842
LA english
AB Deep understanding of myocardial structure of the heart would unravel crucial knowledge for clinical and medical procedures. The MIOCARDIA project is a multidisciplinary project in cooperation with l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Clinica la Creu Blanca and Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The ultimate goal of this project is defining a computational model of the myocardium. The model takes into account the deep interrelation between the anatomy and the mechanics of the heart. The paper explains the workflow of the MIOCARDIA project. It also introduces a multiresolution reconstruction technique based on DT-MRI streamlining for simplified global myocardial model generation. Our reconstructions can restore  the most complex myocardial structures and provides evidences of a global helical organization.
PI Barcelona, Spain
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