title: Three-dimensional cardiac image fusion using new CT angiography and SPECT methods.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to develop a method of fused images of coronary CT angiography and myocardial perfusion SPECT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Four patients with ischemic heart disease underwent 3D volume-rendering fused images using a conversion program and volume-rendering fusion function of a computer workstation. The fusion images clearly showed the relationship of relevant coronary arteries and the abnormal perfusion territory in all patients and were useful for the evaluation of coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Honjo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakaura
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Utsunomiya
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomiguchi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Awai
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon