Figure 1

Bulls eye plots visualizing (green no ischemia present, red ischemia) the ischemia likelihood value (ILV) obtained with the proposed approach on a canine with LAD stenosis. Left: baseline (no occlusion), middle: severe stenosis within 20 mins of artery occlusion, right: LGE imaging obtained after 3 hours of occlusion and during reperfusion. An infarct in the LAD territory is seen in LGE. The proposed method finds under ischemia (prior to infarction) within the LAD territory significant deviations (color-coded with red hues) from the remote pattern (ILV values close to 1), which are not present before stenosis (baseline).