Three-dimensional coronary angiography of the perfused rat heart

J Magn Reson Imaging. 1997 Mar-Apr;7(2):316-20. doi: 10.1002/jmri.1880070211.

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to visualize the whole three-dimensional coronary artery tree of the perfused beating rat heart using three-dimensional MRI. The spatial resolution amounts to 140 microns. Also, vessels having smaller diameters could be detected. Different strategies for the visualization of the three-dimensional coronary angiograms including maximum intensity projection, data thresholding, and segmentation, were shown. The coronary artery tree was best visualized by hysteresis threshold segmentation and subsequent surface reconstruction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Coronary Vessels / anatomy & histology*
  • Culture Techniques
  • Heart
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*
  • Perfusion
  • Rats
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surface Properties