Automated coronary artery tracking in contrast-enhanced whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography at 3.0T
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Background Contrast-enhanced whole heart coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) at 3.0 Tesla (T) allows noninvasive detection of obstructive stenoses. Automated vessel segmentation and tracking of centerlines is important for quantitative measurement of stenosis, but remains challenging for coronary MRA. We aimed to develop and validate automated coronary artery segmentation from contrastenhanced whole-heart coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 3.0T.
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