Fig. 3.
Definitions of parameters describing LV myocardial microstructure, helix angle (HA), transverse angle (TA) and sheetlet angle (SA). a Myocytes orientations (f) are depicted as cylinders, while sheetlets are depicted as groups of cylinders. The sheet direction (s) is perpendicular to f in the sheetlet plane, and the normal direction (n) is normal to the sheetlet. L—direction, C—circumferential direction, R—radial direction. b HA was defined as the angle between the projection of f on the local tangent L–C plane (f1) and C, while TA was defined as the angle between the projection of F on the R–C plane (f2) and C. c SA was defined as the angle between s and the projection of s on the L–C plane (s1)