Simultaneous Functional and Morphological Assessment of Left Atrial Appendage by 3D Virtual Models

Figure 1

Flow chart of the proposed method. 3D images are processed in segmentation blocks including LA segmentation (a), LAA extraction (b), and conversion of LAA surface in STL model (c). STL model is processed (d) to extract functional LAA parameters. The procedure is iterated among the cardiac cycle (f, g).