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Quantification of 3-D regional myocardial deformation: shape-based analysis of magnetic resonance images.

A comprehensive three-dimensional (3-D) shape-based approach for quantification of regional myocardial deformations was evaluated in a canine model (n = 8 dogs) with the use of cine magnetic resonance imaging. The shape of the endocardial and epicardial surfaces was used to track the 3-D trajectories of a dense field of points over the cardiac cycle. The shape-based surface displacements are integrated with a continuum biomechanics model incorporating myofiber architecture to estimate both cardiac- and fiber-specific endocardial and epicardial strains and shears for 24 left ventricular regions. Whereas radial and circumferential end-systolic strains were fairly uniform, there was a significant apex-to-base gradient in longitudinal strain and radial-longitudinal shear. We also observed transmural epicardial-to-endocardial gradients in both cardiac- and fiber-specific strains. The increase in endocardial strain was accompanied by increases in radial-longitudinal shear and radial-fiber shears in the endocardium, supporting previous theories of regional myocardial deformation that predict considerable sliding between myocardial fibers.