Title :
Technical advances towards a comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance examination for diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Author :
Fischer, S.E. ; Wickline, S.A. ; de Boer, R. ; Johansson, L.O.M. ; Lorenz, C.H.
Author_Institution :
Center for Cardiovascular MR, Barnes-Jewish Hosp., St. Louis, MO, USA
fDate :
29 Oct-1 Nov 1998
Abstract :
Currently, the diagnosis of coronary artery disease is a long, expensive and sometimes invasive process consisting of numerous tests and may include catheterization and hospitalization of patients. The noninvasive nature of a magnetic resonance examination combined with excellent soft tissue contrast and ability to measure functional parameters may establish this modality as the key diagnostic tool for the assessment of coronary artery disease in the future
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; blood flow measurement; blood vessels; cardiovascular system; diseases; haemorheology; image segmentation; medical image processing; motion estimation; reviews; blood flow acquisition; cardiac MRI; cine MRI; coronary artery disease diagnosis; functional parameters; interactive scan planning; motion tracking; myocardial perfusion; myocardial tagging; noninvasive MRI; post-processing; real-time imaging; soft tissue contrast; Angiography; Arteries; Biomedical imaging; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical tests; Stress; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5164-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745950
