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3D MR coronary artery segmentation
Author(s) -
Cline Harvey E.,
Thedens Daniel R.,
Irarrazaval Pablo,
Meyer Craig H.,
Hu Bob S.,
Nishimura Dwight G.,
Ludke Siegwalt
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910400509
Subject(s) - circumflex , magnetic resonance imaging , artery , medicine , right coronary artery , coronary arteries , magnetic resonance angiography , coronary angiography , segmentation , cardiology , spiral (railway) , radiology , computer science , artificial intelligence , myocardial infarction , mathematics , mathematical analysis
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 is maximal intensity projected at different views to yield coronary angiograms showing the left anterior descending artery (LAD), right coro nary artery (RCA), and left circumflex artery (LCX). Magnetic resonance coronary angiography provides a retrospective ro tating view of the coronary artery tree that complements oblique reformatted sections.