Myocardial perfusion distribution and coronary arterial pressure and flow signals: Clinical relevance in relation to multiscale modeling, a review

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1271-1286

  Nolte, Froukje ^a   Hyde, Eoin R ^b   Rolandi, Cristina ^a   Lee, Jack ^b   Van Horssen, Pepijn ^a   Asrress, Kal ^b   Van Den Wijngaard, Jeroen P H M ^a   Cookson, Andrew N ^b   Van De Hoef, Tim ^a   Chabiniok, Radomir ^b   Razavi, Reza ^b   Michler, Christian ^b   Hautvast, Gilion L T F ^c,d   Piek, Jan J ^a   Breeuwer, Marcel ^c,e   Siebes, Maria ^a   Nagel, Eike ^b   Smith, Nic P ^b   Spaan, Jos A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Coronary stenosis evaluation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multi scale modeling; Perfusion distribution

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; EPICARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PERFUSION DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART;

BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; FLOW RATE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPEREMIC STENOSIS RESISTANCE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; TISSUE PERFUSION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASODILATATION;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 84896692317     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-013-1088-8     Document Type: Review

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