Estimation of coronary artery hyperemic blood flow based on arterial lumen volume using angiographic images

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Molloi, Sabee ^a   Chalyan, David ^a   Le, Huy ^a   Wong, Jerry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY HYPEREMIC BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CROWN LENGTH; CROWN LUMEN VOLUME; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; STEM HYPEREMIC FLOW; SWINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPEREMIA; IOHEXOL; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SWINE;

EID: 84861234832     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9766-1     Document Type: Article

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