Towards automated evaluation of left atrial transit time
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Background Left atrial transit time (LATT) has potential to approximate left ventricular end diastolic pressure noninvasively. Small artifacts are often present in the down-slope portion of the time-intensity curve most likely due to poor SNR resulting from relatively low contrast dosing. While easily circumvented by experienced operator the artifact presents a challenge to automated detection of area under the curve (AUC) which is essential in the determination of LATT. To minimize user interface we sought to develop a filtering algorithm in the post processing and compared automated AUC detection with operator directed AUC assessment.
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