Karhunen-Loeve transform for analysis of cardiac function in myocardial gated SPECT

Oleg Blagosklonov; Remy Sabbah; Pascal Berthout; Laurent Comas; Josette Verdenet; Michel Baud; Jean-Claude Cardot

doi:10.1117/12.480300

15 May 2003 Karhunen-Loeve transform for analysis of cardiac function in myocardial gated SPECT

Oleg Blagosklonov, Remy Sabbah, Pascal Berthout, Laurent Comas, Josette Verdenet, Michel Baud, Jean-Claude Cardot

Proceedings Volume 5032, Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.480300
Event: Medical Imaging 2003, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Mycardial gated SPECT (gSPECT) is widely used to evaluate different parameters of cardiac function. Semi-quantitative analysis of the images (a visual analysis of the images with a simple scaling of function) can be performed after image segmentation using 4- or 5-point scale. The purpose of this study was to compare two functional images (KL0 and KL1) obtained by KLT (Karhunen-Loeve transform) and "clinical" images of gSPECT and to test feasibility of semi-quantitative analysis of perfusion and contraction by KLT. 99mTc-gSPECT studies were performed in 105 patients with suspected coronary artery disease. We performed visual and semi-quantitative of gSPECT and KLT images (KLT was applied to images from central slices of 3 axes). Our results showed that KL0 images match with myocardial perfusion images; KL1 images combine the data on spatial and temporal evolution of each pixel and regroup pixels by families. We suggest that opposite parts of KL1 images characterize two components of myocardial contraction: wall motion and thickening. These preliminary results showed relations between KLT images and myocardial function: KL0 images and myocardial perfusion, KL1 images and cardiac mechanics. These findings prove the potential of KLT for yielding additional useful clinical information.

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Oleg Blagosklonov, Remy Sabbah, Pascal Berthout, Laurent Comas, Josette Verdenet, Michel Baud, and Jean-Claude Cardot "Karhunen-Loeve transform for analysis of cardiac function in myocardial gated SPECT", Proc. SPIE 5032, Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing, (15 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.480300

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