Automatic 14-Plane Slice-Alignment Method for Ventricular and Valvular Analysis in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Background Cardiac MRI examinations for valvular heart diseases have recently been a focus of attention [1]. However, the slice-alignment settings for valvular heart diseases are complex, difficult, and time-consuming operations. The purpose of this study is to develop an advanced automatic slice-alignment method that simultaneously detects the six left-ventricular planes (vertical long-axis, horizontal long-axis, short-axis, 4-chamber, 2-chamber, and 3-chamber views), the four right-ventricular planes (short-axis, 4-chamber, 2-chamber, and 3-chamber views), and also the four cardiac valvular planes (LVOT, RVOT, aortic valve, and pulmonary valve views) by extension of a previous work [2]. “’How I do’ CMR in valvular heart disease”, http://www.scmr.org.