2022
Co-attention spatial transformer network for unsupervised motion tracking and cardiac strain analysis in 3D echocardiography
Ahn S, Ta K, Thorn S, Onofrey J, Melvinsdottir I, Lee S, Langdon J, Sinusas A, Duncan J. Co-attention spatial transformer network for unsupervised motion tracking and cardiac strain analysis in 3D echocardiography. Medical Image Analysis 2022, 84: 102711. PMID: 36525845, PMCID: PMC9812938, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEchocardiographyEchocardiography, Three-DimensionalHeartHumansMyocardial InfarctionVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsSpatial transformer networkMotion trackingNoisy displacement fieldReliable motion estimationMotion tracking methodCardiac strain analysisTransformer networkDisplacement fieldDisplacement pathsMotion fieldTracking methodMotion estimationExperimental resultsStrain analysisSuperior performanceTemporal constraintsCardiac motionTrackingRegularization functionDependent featuresEchocardiography imagesNetworkPrior assumptionsField
2015
Creation of clinically relevant model of chronic heart failure: Application of multi-modality imaging to define physiology
Thorn S, Sinusas AJ. Creation of clinically relevant model of chronic heart failure: Application of multi-modality imaging to define physiology. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2015, 22: 673-676. PMID: 25698482, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-015-0081-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHeart FailureMaleOxygen ConsumptionVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Remodeling