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Automatic determination of aortic compliance with cine-magnetic resonance imaging - An application of fuzzy logic theory

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Abstract: RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES. Aortic compliance is defined as the relative change in aortic cross-sectional area divided by the change in arterial pressure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful imaging modality for the noninvasive evaluation of aortic compliance. However, manual tracing of the aortic contour is subject to important interobserver variations. To estimate the aortic compliance from cine-MRI, a method based on fuzzy logic theory was elaborated. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Seven healthy volunteers and eight patients with Marfan syndrome were examined using an ECG gated cine-MRI sequence. The aorta was imaged in the transverse plane at the level of the pulmonary trunk. A method based on fuzzy logic was developed to automatically detect the aortic contour. RESULTS. Through our robust automatic contouring method, the calculation of aortic cross-sectional areas allows an estimation of the aortic compliance. CONCLUSION. The aortic compliance can be obtained from a fuzzy logic based automatic contouring method, thereby avoiding the important interobserver variation often associated with manual tracing.
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hal-00789115 , version 1 (15-02-2013)

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Alain Lalande, Philippe Khau van Kien, Nicolas Salve, Douraied Ben Salem, Louis Legrand, et al.. Automatic determination of aortic compliance with cine-magnetic resonance imaging - An application of fuzzy logic theory. Investigative Radiology, 2002, 37 (12), pp.685-691. ⟨10.1097/01.RLI.0000035236.69975.2A⟩. ⟨hal-00789115⟩
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