Registration of Coronary MRA to DCE-MRI Myocardial Perfusion Series Improves Diagnostic Accuracy Through the Computation of Patient-Specific Coronary Supply Territories: A CE-MARC Sub-Study

摘要

Background: It is generally acknowledged that the 17-segment AHAmodel provides a suitable approximation for mappingthe results of X-ray angiography onto myocardial anatomyin a consistent way in the absence of a more exactmethod. In practice, coronary anatomy varies frompatient to patient which is acknowledged as the mainlimitation of the AHA model. The aim of this study wasto establish whether the generation of a patient-specificcoronary artery to perfusion segment map improveddiagnosis of myocardial ischaemia.