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Visualization of morphological details in congenitally malformed hearts: virtual three-dimensional reconstruction from magnetic resonance imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2005

Thomas Sangild Sørensen ,
Erik Morre Pedersen ,
Ole Kromann Hansen  and
Keld Sørensen
Thomas Sangild Sørensen
Affiliation:
MR Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
Erik Morre Pedersen
Affiliation:
MR Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
Ole Kromann Hansen
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
Keld Sørensen
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Abstract

In recent years, three-dimensional imaging has provided new opportunities for visualizing congenital cardiac malformations. We present the initial clinical experience using a recently implemented system, which employs some of new interactive, real-time, techniques. We show how three-dimensional rendering based on magnetic resonance imaging can provide detailed spatial information on both intrinsic and extrinsic cardiac relations, and hence how a virtual examination can potentially provide new means to a better understanding of complex congenital cardiac malformations.

Keywords

Interventional planninginteractive visualizationcongenital heart disease
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 451 - 460
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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