A method for assessing the contraction synchronization of a heart of a
patient using a set of tridimensional images of the heart, the heart
having a contraction cycle, the set of tridimensional images including
tridimensional images of the heart acquired at successive phases in the
contraction cycle, the heart defining a cardiac chamber, the cardiac
chamber defining a chamber surface, the method comprising: segmenting the
sequence of tridimensional images to extract a model of an evolution over
time of the configuration of the chamber surface; computing a
synchronization index for the cardiac chamber using the model of the
evolution over time of the configuration of the chamber surface, the
synchronization index being indicative of the contraction synchronization
of the movements of the chamber surface during the contraction cycle; and
assessing the contraction synchronization of the heart based on the
contraction index.
