title: CoViCAD: comprehensive visualization of coronary artery disease.
abstract: We present novel, comprehensive visualization techniques for the diagnosis of patients with Coronary Artery Disease using segmented cardiac MRI data. We extent an accepted medical visualization technique called the bull's eye plot by removing discontinuities, preserving the volumetric nature of the left ventricular wall and adding anatomical context. The resulting volumetric bull's eye plot can be used for the assessment of transmurality. We link these visualizations to a 3D view that presents viability information in a detailed anatomical context. We combine multiple MRI scans (whole heart anatomical data, late enhancement data) and multiple segmentations (polygonal heart model, late enhancement contours, coronary artery tree). By selectively combining different rendering techniques we obtain comprehensive yet intuitive visualizations of the various data sources.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology. maurice@cg.tuwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Termeer
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oliván Bescós
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breeuwer
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vilanova
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gerritsen
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gröller
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface