3-D In Angiography, New Imaging Software From Siemens Simplifies Workflow For Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Implantation
At the congress of the European Societey of Cardiology (ESC) 2010, Siemens will present new image processing software that helps cardiologists and cardiac surgeons perform transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI): Syngo Aortic ValveGuide automatically reconstructs a 3D representation of the aortic root from CT-like cross-sectional images acquired with the angiography system. The software selects anatomical landmarks as the coronary ostia, for instance, and overlays the 3D image with two-dimensional images acquired during live fluoroscopy.
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