System and method for facilitating cardiac intervention
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1. A method of assessing transmurality of scarring of heart tissue from a human heart, comprising:
- providing at least one image of heart tissue from the heart to a computer system;
creating endocardial and epicardial left ventricle wall boundaries from at least one of the images of heart tissue using the computer system;
automatically dividing at least a portion of the left ventricle wall defined by the created endocardial and epicardial left ventricle wall boundaries into at least two sections;
automatically assessing a relative contrast between at least two of the sections using the computer system; and
automatically assessing a presence of scar tissue in one or more of the sections based on contrast between at least two of the sections using the computer system.
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One embodiment discloses a computerized method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising inputting patient data, creating a computerized interactive model of a heart based on the patient data, wherein the model comprises features, simulating at least one proposed cardiac intervention treatment by adding or deleting features to the model, and determining the effects of the proposed cardiac simulation upon the entire model. Simulations may be repeated to allow the user to determine an optimal cardiac intervention. Additionally, a template may be created from the model to use as a guide during the cardiac intervention.
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1. A method of assessing transmurality of scarring of heart tissue from a human heart, comprising:
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providing at least one image of heart tissue from the heart to a computer system; creating endocardial and epicardial left ventricle wall boundaries from at least one of the images of heart tissue using the computer system; automatically dividing at least a portion of the left ventricle wall defined by the created endocardial and epicardial left ventricle wall boundaries into at least two sections; automatically assessing a relative contrast between at least two of the sections using the computer system; and automatically assessing a presence of scar tissue in one or more of the sections based on contrast between at least two of the sections using the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of assessing transmurality of scarring of heart tissue from a human heart, comprising:
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providing at least one image of heart tissue from the heart to a computer system; creating endocardial and epicardial left ventricle wall boundaries from at least one of the images of heart tissue using the computer system; automatically dividing at least a portion of the left ventricle wall defined by the created endocardial and epicardial left ventricle wall boundaries into at least two sections; automatically assessing a relative contrast between at least two of the sections using the computer system; automatically assessing a presence of scar tissue in one or more of the sections based on contrast between at least two of the sections using the computer system; automatically assessing a thickness of scar tissue in a portion of the left ventricle wall; automatically assessing a thickness of the portion of the left ventricle wall; and automatically assessing a degree of the transmurality of the heart tissue using a ratio of the thickness of scar tissue in the portion of the left ventricle wall to the thickness of the portion of the left ventricle wall. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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