Journal article
The impact of image resolution on computation of fractional flow reserve: coronary computed tomography angiography versus 3-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography
L Liu, W Yang, Y Nagahara, Y Li, SR Lamooki, T Muramatsu, P Kitslaar, M Sarai, Y Ozaki, P Barlis, F Yan, JHC Reiber, S Tu
International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | Published : 2016
Abstract
Calculation of fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) requires reconstruction of patient-specific coronary geometry and estimation of hyperemic flow rate. Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) are two dominating imaging modalities used for the geometrical reconstruction. Our aim was to investigate the impact of image resolution as inherently associated with these two imaging modalities on geometrical reconstruction and subsequent FFR calculation. Patients with mild or intermediate coronary stenoses who underwent both CCTA and ICA were included. CCTA images were acquired either by 320-row area detector CT or ..
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Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 31500797 and 81501467. Shengxian Tu would also like to acknowledge the support by the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning and by Shanghai Pujiang Program (No. 15PJ1404200).