Quantitative CTA with the 3D visualization of individual plaque components
European Bifurcation Club 2014 – EBC 2014 – Bordeaux, France
Bifurcation lesions quantitative analysis
Quantitative CTA with the 3D visualization of individual plaque components
Author: Johan H.C. Reiber, PhD, Division of Image Processing (LKEB); Dept of Radiology Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) & Medis medical imaging systems bv Leiden, The Netherlands
SUMMARY
- Analytical sogware QAngio CT Research Edition (RE) has been developed for the quantitation of plaque burden from MSCT data sets, featuring:
- Fully automatic extraction of the complete coronary tree
- Automatic labeling of the segments with anatomical names
- A two step contour detection approach per vessel for both lumen and vessel contours
- Lesion quantification as in X-ray QCA, but now in 3D
- Assessment of plaque burden & plaque characterization
- Data export facilities
- 100% vendor independent
- Validated against IVUS and excellent inter- and intra-observer variabilities
- Ready for clinical research!