Orientation-based assessment of cardiac synchrony in medical imaging

摘要

Cardiac synchrony information is provided for medical imaging. Multidimensional motion is determined, such as by tracking tissue locations of the heart through a sequence of images. An approximate orientation of the heart is identified. The identification may be automatic or performed by a processor. A component of the multidimensional motion relative to the orientation of the heart is extracted and used to generate a display. By separating out longitudinal, radial and/or circumferential motion relative to the heart, synchrony or asynchrony may be detected more easily.