Journal article
Biplane X-ray angiograms, intravascular ultrasound, and 3D visualization of coronary vessels
International journal of cardiac imaging, Vol.15(6), pp.495-512
12/1999
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006372704091
PMID: 10768744
Abstract
The technology for determination of the 3D vascular tree and quantitative characterization of the vessel lumen and vessel wall has become available. With this technology, cardiologists will no longer rely primarily on visual inspection of coronary angiograms but use sophisticated modeling techniques combining images from various modalities for the evaluation of coronary artery disease and the effects of treatment. Techniques have been developed which allow the calculation of the imaging geometry and the 3D position of the vessel centerlines of the vascular tree from biplane views without a calibration object, i.e., from the images themselves, removing the awkwardness of moving the patient to obtain 3D information. With the geometry and positional information, techniques for reconstructing the vessel lumen can now be applied that provide more accurate estimates of the area and shape of the vessel lumen. In conjunction with these developments, techniques have been developed for combining information from intravascular ultrasound images with the information obtained from angiography. The combination of these technologies will yield a more comprehensive characterization and understanding of coronary artery disease and should lead to improved and perhaps less invasive patient care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Biplane X-ray angiograms, intravascular ultrasound, and 3D visualization of coronary vessels
- Creators
- Kenneth Hoffmann - Department of Neurosurgery University at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14214Andreas Wahle - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242Claire Pellot-Barakat - INSERM U494 Paris FranceJack Sklansky - Department of Radiology Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles CA 90059Milan Sonka - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of cardiac imaging, Vol.15(6), pp.495-512
- DOI
- 10.1023/A:1006372704091
- PMID
- 10768744
- NLM abbreviation
- Int J Card Imaging
- ISSN
- 0167-9899
- eISSN
- 1573-0743
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers; Dordrecht
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1999
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Radiation Oncology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984046902002771
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