title: TAGASIST: a post-processing and analysis tools package for tagged Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
abstract: The Magnetic Resonance Imaging technique myocardial tagging allows the tracking and measurement of local parameters of heart wall motion. Tagging provides detailed information about regional cardiac function never before available with non-invasive techniques. The growth of this technique has been limited in part by the availability of post-processing tools. We introduce the TAGged cine AnalySIS Tools package (TAGASIST) for the processing of images from this technique. TAGASIST includes a graphical user interface for image segmentation, kinematic analysis, plotting of regional averages as well as multiple subjects (or patient populations) simultaneously, statistical analysis, and a database of all studies processed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA. bundy@inertia.isg.sms.siemens.com
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bundy
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lorenz
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D019992:Databases as Topic; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D012399:Rotation; D012984:Software; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface