Colour display of quantitative blood flow and cardiac anatomy in a single magnetic resonance cine loop

Abstract

A method of displaying on a single image both the anatomical and the quantitative blood-flow information obtainable from cardiac magnetic resonance has been developed. Anatomical and parametric blood velocity images are combined to produce a computer-processed composite image suitable for display with a specially designed colour scale. Methods for dealing with imperfections in the input images and for obviating technical problems encountered in computer cine display are described. The clinical application of the method is illustrated using eight coronal frames from a normal subject.