Quantification of vessel-specific coronary perfusion territories using minimum-cost path assignment and computed tomography angiography: Validation in a swine model

In order to provide a comprehensive morphological and physiological cardiac imaging datasets, the Minimum-Cost Path assignment (MCP) method has been validated, using a swine animal model and computed tomography (CT) imaging. MCP has been shown to accurately quantify left and right coronary artery perfusion territories in the left ventricle, right ventricle and whole heart. The MCP technique provides clinicians and researchers in cardiovascular imaging with a means to accurately and automatically determine coronary-specific perfusion territories in the left and right heart, and could also be used to assess myocardium at-risk distal to a stenosis.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research