Characterization of the normal cardiac myofiber field in goat measured with MR-diffusion tensor imaging.

@article{Geerts2002CharacterizationOT,
  title={Characterization of the normal cardiac myofiber field in goat measured with MR-diffusion tensor imaging.},
  author={Liesbeth Geerts and Phm Peter Bovendeerd and K. Nicolay and Theo Arts},
  journal={American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology},
  year={2002},
  volume={283 1},
  pages={
          H139-45
        }
}
Cardiac myofiber orientation is a crucial determinant of the distribution of myocardial wall stress. Myofiber orientation is commonly quantified by helix and transverse angles. Accuracy of reported helix angles is limited. Reported transverse angle data are incomplete. We measured cardiac myofiber orientation postmortem in five healthy goat hearts using magnetic resonance-diffusion tensor imaging. A novel local wall-bound coordinate system was derived from the characteristics of the fiber field… 
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