3D MR CORONARY-ARTERY SEGMENTATION

Authors
CLINE HE THEDENS DR IRARRAZAVAL P MEYER CH HU BS NISHIMURA DG LUDKE S
Citation
He. Cline et al., 3D MR CORONARY-ARTERY SEGMENTATION, Magnetic resonance in medicine, 40(5), 1998, pp. 697-702
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Magnetic resonance in medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403194
Volume
40
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
697 - 702
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3194(1998)40:5<697:3MCS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Coronary arteries are segmented from the blood pool using mathematical morphology operations from a 3D magnetic resonance spiral acquisition on a continuously breathing healthy volunteer. The segmented volume i s maximal intensity projected at different views to yield coronary ang iograms showing the left anterior descending artery (LAD), right coron ary artery (RCA), and left circumflex artery (LCX), Magnetic resonance coronary angiography provides a retrospective rotating view of the co ronary artery tree that complements oblique reformatted sections.