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Odehnalová E, Valíková L, Caluori G, Kulík T, Římalová V, Jadczyk T, Dražanová E, Pavlova I, Pešl M, Kubeš V, Stárek Z. Comparison of gross pathology inspection and 9.4 T magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of radiofrequency ablation lesions in the left ventricle of the swine heart. Front Physiol 2022; 13:834328. [PMID: 36338496 PMCID: PMC9626654 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.834328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims: Gross pathology inspection (patho) is the gold standard for the morphological evaluation of focal myocardial pathology. Examination with 9.4 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a new method for very accurate display of myocardial pathology. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that lesions can be measured on high-resolution MRI images with the same accuracy as on pathological sections and compare these two methods for the evaluation of radiofrequency (RF) ablation lesion dimensions in swine heart tissue during animal experiment. Methods: Ten pigs underwent radiofrequency ablations in the left ventricle during animal experiment. After animal euthanasia, hearts were explanted, flushed with ice-cold cardioplegic solution to relax the whole myocardium, fixed in 10% formaldehyde and scanned with a 9.4 T magnetic resonance system. Anatomical images were processed using ImageJ software. Subsequently, the hearts were sliced, slices were photographed and measured in ImageJ software. Different dimensions and volumes were compared. Results: The results of both methods were statistically compared. Depth by MRI was 8.771 ± 2.595 mm and by patho 9.008 ± 2.823 mm; p = 0.198. Width was 10.802 ± 2.724 mm by MRI and 11.125 ± 2.801 mm by patho; p = 0.049. Estuary was 2.006 ± 0.867 mm by MRI and 2.001 ± 0.872 mm by patho; p = 0.953. The depth at the maximum diameter was 4.734 ± 1.532 mm on MRI and 4.783 ± 1.648 mm from the patho; p = 0.858. The volumes of the lesions calculated using a formula were 315.973 ± 257.673 mm3 for MRI and 355.726 ± 255.860 mm3 for patho; p = 0.104. Volume directly measured from MRI with the “point-by-point” method was 671.702 ± 362.299 mm3. Conclusion: Measurements obtained from gross pathology inspection and MRI are fully comparable. The advantage of MRI is that it is a non-destructive method enabling repeated measurements in all possible anatomical projections.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eva Odehnalová
- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
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- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
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- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
- Nanotechnology, CEITEC Masaryk University, Brno, Czech
- IHU LIRYC, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac, France
- University Bordeaux, INSERM, Cardiothoracic Research Center of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
- 1st Department of Internal Medicine—Cardioangiology, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
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- Biostatistics, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
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- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
- Division of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech
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- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
- Nanotechnology, CEITEC Masaryk University, Brno, Czech
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
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- Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
- 1st Department of Internal Medicine—Cardioangiology, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech
- *Correspondence: Zdeněk Stárek,
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Ingle AN, Varghese T. A kernel smoothing algorithm for ablation visualization in ultrasound elastography. ULTRASONICS 2019; 96:267-275. [PMID: 30723026 PMCID: PMC6541505 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Three-dimensional visualization of tumor ablation procedures have significant clinical value because the ability to accurately visualize ablated volumes can help clinicians gauge the extent of ablated tissue necrosis and plan future treatment steps. Better control over ablation volume can prevent recurrence of tumors treated using ablative procedures. This paper presents a kernel based smoothing algorithm called MatérnSmooth to reconstruct shear wave velocity maps from data acquired through ultrasound electrode vibration elastography. Shear wave velocity estimates are acquired on several intersecting imaging planes that share a common axis of intersection collinear with the ablation needle. An objective method of choosing smoothing parameters from underlying data is outlined through simulations. Experimental validation was performed on data acquired from a tissue mimicking phantom. Volume estimates were found to be within 20% of the true value.
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- Atul N Ingle
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
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Ahmad I, Gribble A, Murtza I, Ikram M, Pop M, Vitkin A. Polarization image segmentation of radiofrequency ablated porcine myocardial tissue. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175173. [PMID: 28380013 PMCID: PMC5381909 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Optical polarimetry has previously imaged the spatial extent of a typical radiofrequency ablated (RFA) lesion in myocardial tissue, exhibiting significantly lower total depolarization at the necrotic core compared to healthy tissue, and intermediate values at the RFA rim region. Here, total depolarization in ablated myocardium was used to segment the total depolarization image into three (core, rim and healthy) zones. A local fuzzy thresholding algorithm was used for this multi-region segmentation, and then compared with a ground truth segmentation obtained from manual demarcation of RFA core and rim regions on the histopathology image. Quantitative comparison of the algorithm segmentation results was performed with evaluation metrics such as dice similarity coefficient (DSC = 0.78 ± 0.02 and 0.80 ± 0.02), sensitivity (Sn = 0.83 ± 0.10 and 0.91 ± 0.08), specificity (Sp = 0.76 ± 0.17 and 0.72 ± 0.17) and accuracy (Acc = 0.81 ± 0.09 and 0.71 ± 0.10) for RFA core and rim regions, respectively. This automatic segmentation of parametric depolarization images suggests a novel application of optical polarimetry, namely its use in objective RFA image quantification.
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- Iftikhar Ahmad
- Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada
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