Patent ID: 7693563

Claim:
A method of assessing a state of human heart tissue, comprising: providing to a computer system a plurality of images of heart tissue, wherein at least one of the images comprises the heart in a substantially expanded condition, and wherein at least one of the images comprises the heart in a substantially contracted condition; creating a model of at least a portion of a wall of a left ventricle of the heart using the computer system, wherein the model comprises the left ventricle in at least an end-systolic state and an end-diastolic state; assessing a movement of one or more parts of the wall model between the end-systolic state and the end-diastolic state; assessing a transmurality of one or more parts of the wall model; comparing the movement to the transmurality to assess a ratio of recoverable heart tissue verses nonrecoverable heart tissue; and comparing the ratio to a predetermined number to assess a state of the heart and an optimal treatment of the heart.