Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | European Journal of Hybrid Imaging

Fig. 1

From: Discrepancy between significant fibrosis and active inflammation in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis: combined and image fusion analysis of cardiac magnetic resonance and 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Fig. 1

Schematic presentation of regional analysis by CMR-FDG image fusion was shown Fig. 1. In cine-MRI, myocardial contour was manually traced from apical to basal of the short axis slices, and allotted to short axis LGE image under same longitudinal axis. Short axis image for cine and LGE was converted to AHA 17 segment model. As the lower part of figure showed, short axis LGE dicom data and attenuation corrected CT (ACCT) were fused automatically by fusion tool (Intuition sever®). After confirmation of corresponding images or manual adjustment, ACCT was replaced by FDG-PET dicom data (yellow arrow). On basis of standardized AHA 17 segment model, the corresponding FDG uptake (segmental SUVmax) was measured by drawing volume of interest on PETCT under the guidance of CMR-FDG image fusion

Back to article page