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Qualitative blood flow differentiation: depiction of a left to right cardiac shunt across a ventricular septal defect using electron-beam computed tomography.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Funabashi, N; Rubin, GD
Published in: Jpn Circ J
November 2000

Three-dimensional imaging using electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) has been used to assess static anatomical information in heart disease. With volume rendering, differences in objects can be distinguished through selection of the shape of opacity and color curves for CT values. If there is a difference between the CT values for arterial and venous blood, differences in opacity and color between them can be set. In a newborn baby with a left to right cardiac shunt across the ventricular septal defect (VSD), EBCT could depict arterial blood crossing the VSD into the right ventricle.

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Published In

Jpn Circ J

DOI

ISSN

0047-1828

Publication Date

November 2000

Volume

64

Issue

11

Start / End Page

901 / 903

Location

Japan

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Models, Cardiovascular
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

Published In

Jpn Circ J

DOI

ISSN

0047-1828

Publication Date

November 2000

Volume

64

Issue

11

Start / End Page

901 / 903

Location

Japan

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Models, Cardiovascular
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences