Cardiac fiber orientation extraction from high resolution CT-SCAN

An exceptional series of high resolution CT-scan of pathological hearts has been acquired.

The objective of the project is to build a 3D distribution of the cardiac muscle orientation (tractography), from these 3D high-resolution micro-CT volumes.

Usually tractography is done using MRI acquisition, however, because the study material is anatomical pieces, 3D CT has been chosen. The work will then focus on developing the technique for this specific type of images.

Once the fiber tensor identified, the anatomical fiber angle (as described in [Straatman21] will be computed and compared between different pathological groups.
Context

The work is done in collaboration with Dr Arribard of the cardiology department of Erasme hospital.
Prerequisite

Python
Image processing

Contact person

For more information please contact : nicolas.arribard@ulb.be, olivier.debeir@ulb.be