The severity of aortic stenosis (AS) has traditionally been graded by measuring
hemodynamic parameters of transvalvular pressure gradient, ejection jet velocity, or …

Tensors are used to describe complex physical processes in many applications. Examples
include the distribution of stresses in technical materials, acting forces during seismic …

Cardiovascular disease comprises a group of disorders affecting or originating within tissues
and organs of the cardiovascular system; most, if not all, will eventually result in …

Abstract Porcine hearts (N= 14) underwent ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 3T. DTI
analysis showed regional differences in helix angle (HA) range. The HA range in the …

Despite recent advances, the myocardial microstructure remains imperfectly understood. In
particular, bundles of cardiomyocytes have been observed but their three-dimensional …

Background Knowledge of the normal myocardial–myocyte orientation could theoretically
allow the definition of relevant quantitative biomarkers in clinical routine to diagnose heart …

Left ventricle (LV) myocardial dysfunction has been recently investigated using the
estimation of isotropic myocardial stiffness from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Background: Cardiac remodeling underpinning progressive hypertensive heart disease
alters the three-dimensional structure of the extracellular matrix, as well as the laminar …

The hierarchical construction of the myocardium plays a pivotal role in the biomechanics of
the heart muscle and the resulting flow of blood. In disease, the construction of the heart …

The problem of visualising multivariate data and tensor fields inherits its complexity from the
data it targets. By definition, complex data is “hard to separate, analyse, or solve” 1. This …