Quantification of fractional flow reserve based on angiographic image data

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Wong, Jerry T ^a   Le, Huy ^a   Suh, William M ^a   Chalyan, David A ^a   Mehraien, Toufan ^a   Kern, Morton J ^a   Kassab, Ghassan S ^b   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Blood flow; Blood volume; Regional blood flow; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; IOHEXOL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE;

EID: 84861229100     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9767-0     Document Type: Article

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