Left Ventricle Myocardial Mass

Purpose

Measure myocardial mass on left ventricle

Tag(s)

#LV Functional Assessment

Panel

 Cardiac

Define-AI ID

 18040009

Originator

Carlo De Cecco

Panel Chair

Carlo De Cecco

Panel Reviewers

Cardiac Panel

License

Creative Commons 4.0

Status Published

Clinical Implementation


Value Proposition

The measurement of left ventricular (LV) function is a well-established clinical parameter that has fundamental diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications. Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) allow for accurate LV morphological and functional assessment. Automated LV function quantification would save the interpreting physician time by eliminating manual measurements, preventing detection errors, and providing structured quantitative data, which could then be used in later studies or risk-stratification schemes.

Narrative(s)

All patients undergoing CCTA or CMR examinations should have automated quantification of LV function if data are available, which may then be automatically populated into the radiology report or a report supplement.

Workflow Description

A patient receives ECG-synchronized CCTA of the heart. An algorithm retrieves the imaging data set and may also ingest other electronic medical records (EMR) data such as age, sex, and body surface area (BSA). The algorithm calculates the absolute LV myocardial mass and BSA-indexed LV myocardial mass.

Considerations for Dataset Development


Procedures(s): ECG-synchronized cardiac CT

 

View(s): CCTA: Any volumetric imaging data set

 

Sex at Birth: {Male, Female}

 

Age: [15,90]

 

Body Surface Area: varied

 

Heart Abnormalities: {Congenital heart disease, ventricular septal defects, congenital heart disease repair, mitral valve replacements}

 

Contrast Material: {Contrast-enhanced (CCTA), non-contrast enhanced applications}

Technical Specifications


Inputs

DICOM Study

Procedure

ECG-synchronized cardiac CT

Views

CCTA: Any volumetric imaging data set

Data Type

DICOM

Modality

CT

Body Region

Chest

Anatomic Focus

Heart

 

Primary Outputs

Myocardial Mass

RadElement ID

RDE304 

Definition

LV myocardial mass measurement (g)

Data Type

Numeric

Value Set

[50,200]

Units

g

 

Indexed Myocardial Mass

RadElement ID

RDE305 

Definition

LV myocardial mass measurement indexed to body surface area (g/m2)

Data Type

Numeric

Value Set

[30,100]

Units

g/m2

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