Abstract #0096

3D+T Biventricular Strain from Tagged Magnetic Resonance Images by Phase-Unwrapped HARP

Bharath Ambale Venkatesh¹, Himanshu Gupta², Steven G. Lloyd, Louis Dell' Italia, Thomas S. Denney, Jr.

¹Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA; ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Accurate assessment of ventricular function is clinically important. In this abstract, a method for reconstructing three-dimensional biventricular strain over time from unwrapped harmonic phase measurements is validated in normal volunteers and patients. The strain obtained is compared to 3D strain obtained from a feature-based method and 2D strain obtained from harmonic phase strain measurements.