Title :
Automatic unification of three-dimensional cardiac perfusion with three-dimensional coronary artery anatomy
Author :
Faber, TL ; Klein, JL ; Folks, RD ; Hoff, JG ; Peifer, JW ; Malveaux, EJ ; Cooke, Cd ; Garcia, Ev
Author_Institution :
Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A method for automatic unification of three-dimensional models of the coronary artery tree from biplane angiograms and three-dimensional models of the left ventricular epicardial surface from perfusion SPECT is introduced. The efficacy of the technique is evaluated using six swine models. The results are shown to be satisfactory in all cases
Keywords :
angiocardiography; diagnostic radiography; haemorheology; medical image processing; physiological models; single photon emission computed tomography; automatic unification method; biplane angiograms; coronary artery tree; left ventricular epicardial surface; medical diagnostic imaging; perfusion SPECT; swine models; technique efficacy; three-dimensional cardiac perfusion; three-dimensional coronary artery anatomy; three-dimensional models; Anatomy; Angiography; Arteries; Cardiology; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Displays; Myocardium; Nuclear medicine; Single photon emission computed tomography; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 1996
Conference_Location :
Indianapolis, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3710-7
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1996.542541
