Deep learning analysis of the myocardium in coronary CT angiography for identification of patients with functionally significant coronary artery stenosis

Obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease (Mozaffarian et  al., 2016). Obstructive CAD occurs when one or more of the coronary arteries which supply blood to myocardium are narrowed owing to plaque buildup on the arteries’ inner walls, causing stenosis. Only functionally significant stenoses, i.e stenoses that significantly limit the blood flow to the m yocardium and lead to myocardial ischemia need to be treated to reduce CAD morbidity (Pijls et al., 1996; Tonino et al., 2009; Pijls et al., 2010; van Nunen et al., 2015).

Source: Medical Image Analysis - November 25, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Majd Zreik, Nikolas Lessmann, Robbert W. van Hamersvelt, Jelmer M. Wolterink, Michiel Voskuil, Max A. Viergever, Tim Leiner, Ivana I šgum Source Type: research