NDLI: An Inflection Point Method for the Determination of Pulmonary Transit Time From Contrast Echocardiography

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Author	Boronyak, S.M. Monahan, K. Brittain, E.L. Merryman, W.D.
Copyright Year	1964
Abstract	Objective: Indicator-dilution curves (IDCs) for the estimation of pulmonary transit times (PTTs) can be generated noninvasively using contrast echocardiography. Currently, these IDCs are analyzed by manual inspection, which is not feasible in a clinical setting, or fit to a statistical model to derive parameters of interest. However, IDCs generated from patients are frequently subject to significant low-frequency noise and recirculation artifacts that obscure the first-pass signal and render model fitting impractical or inaccurate. Thus, the objective of this paper was to develop alternative computational methods to determine PTT using noisy clinical data in which the signal decay is not adequately visible. Methods: We report on a method that uses a model fit to the rise portion of the IDCs to determine the signal inflection point. Additionally, a signal truncation algorithm was developed that enables automated analysis of the IDCs. Results: We compare PTTs derived from our inflection point method to those obtained by manual inspection in 25 patients (R² = 0.86) and to those obtained by mean transit time calculation following fitting to a local density random walk model (R² = 0.80) in a subset of this cohort. Conclusion: Combined with a signal truncation algorithm, the inflection point method provides robust, automated determination of PTT from noisy IDCs containing recirculation artifacts. Significance: The inflection point method addresses the need for computational analysis of IDCs obtained from contrast echocardiograms that are not amenable to first-pass model fitting.
Sponsorship	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Starting Page	1853
Ending Page	1861
Page Count	9
File Size	1053224
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189294
Volume Number	62
Issue Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Manuals Echocardiography Computational modeling Fitting Data models Inspection Biomedical measurement signal processing time indicator-dilution curves pulmonary transit time
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biomedical Engineering

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