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Background  Cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT) is a novel tissue tracking technique developed for noninvasive assessment of myocardial motion and deformation. This preliminary study aimed to evaluate the observer’s reproducibility of CMR-FT in a small animal (mouse) model and define sample size calculation for future trials.    Methods  Six C57BL/6 J mice were selected from the ongoing experimental mouse model onsite and underwent CMR with a 3 Tesla small animal MRI scanner. Myocardial deformation was analyzed using dedicated software (TomTec, Germany) by two observers. Left ventricular (LV) longitudinal, circumferential and radial strain (Ell LAX , Ecc SAX  and Err SAX ) were calculated. To assess intra-observer agreement data analysis was repeated after 4 weeks. The sample size required to detect a relative change in strain was calculated.    Results  In general, Ecc SAX  and Ell LAX  demonstrated highest inter-observer reproducibility (ICC 0.79 (0.46–0.91) and 0.73 (0.56–0.83) Ecc SAX  and Ell LAX  respectively). In contrast, at the intra-observer level Ell LAX  was more reproducible than Ecc SAX  (ICC 0.83 (0.73–0.90) and 0.74 (0.49–0.87) Ell LAX  and Ecc SAX  respectively). The reproducibility of Err SAX  was weak at both observer levels. Preliminary sample size calculation showed that a small study sample (e.g. ten animals to detect a relative 10% change in Ecc SAX ) could be sufficient to detect changes if parameter variability is low.    Conclusions  This pilot study demonstrates good to excellent inter- and intra-observer reproducibility of CMR-FT technique in small animal model. The most reproducible measures are global circumferential and global longitudinal strain, whereas reproducibility of radial strain is weak. Furthermore, sample size calculation demonstrates that a small number of animals could be sufficient for future trials.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking in small animals – a preliminary study on reproducibility and sample size calculation