title: A qualitative and quantitative study of coronary artery MRA.
abstract: In this paper, we propose an analysis of the coronary arterial tree obtained through magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Ten datasets of the state-of-the-art SSFP MRI sequence are first qualitatively evaluated and labelled. Second, a quantitative analysis of anatomical and image features is performed. Finally, a comparison with an existing semi-automatic centreline extraction method is reported. The discussion deals with the clinical usage of such an imaging modality for both global anatomy visualisation and quantification purpose.
authors.affiliation: LTSI, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Bât 22, F-35042 Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Velut
authors.forename: Pierre-Axel
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lentz
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Philipot
authors.forename: Marie-Paule
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toumoulin
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*